Question

Jenna saves $3 for every $13 dollars she earns. Vanessa saves $6 for every $16 she earns. Is Jenna's ratio of money saved to money earned equivalent to Vanessa's ratio of money saved to money earned?

Answer 1

We have been given that Jenna saves $3 for every $13 dollars she earns. Vanessa saves $6 for every $16 she earns.

We can compare the ratios of saved money to earned money by Jenna and Vanessa as:

`(3)/(13) =(6)/(16)`

Let us simplify our equation.

`0.2307692307692308=0.375`

We can see that
`0.231\\eq 0.375` , therefore, Jenna's ratio of money saved to money earned is not equivalent to Vanessa's ratio of money saved to money earned.