Question

The amount of eye makeup Leah wears is 58 of the amount of eye makeup Tanya wears. What is the ratio of the amount of eye makeup Leah wears to the amount of eye makeup Tanya wears?

Answer 1

In math, the word "of" is another way of saying "multiply" or "times".

So, if "The amount of eye makeup Leah wears is 58 of the amount of eye makeup Tanya wears", this means that Leah wears 58 times the amount of eye makeup that Tanya wears.

Let us call the amount of makeup that Tanya wears
`x`.

Then the amount of makeup that Leah wears will obviously be
`58* x=58x`.

Therefore, the ratio of the amount of eye makeup Leah wears to the amount of eye makeup Tanya wears will be given by:

`(58x)/(x)=(58)/(1)=58:1`

Thus, 58:1 is the correct answer.