Question

Lake County’s smallest forest preserve is 472 acres. Orange County’s smallest preserve is 482 acres. Find the ratio of the acreage of Lake County’s forest preserve to Orange County’s forest preserve.

Answer 1

Ratio of lake country's smallest forest preserve to orange country's smallest forest preserve is 236 : 241.

Explanation:

Given:

Area of Lake Country's Smallest Forest preserve = 472 acres

Area of Orange Country's Smallest Forest preserve = 482 acres

To find: Ratio of lake country's smallest forest preserve to orange country's smallest forest preserve.

Consider,

`(lake\:country's\:smallest\:forest\:preserve)/(orange\:country's\:smallest\:forest\:preserve)=(472)/(482)=(236)/(241)`

Therefore, Ratio of lake country's smallest forest preserve to orange country's smallest forest preserve is 236 : 241.

Answer 2

Ratio is 236 : 241

Explanation:

Lake County’s smallest forest preserve is 472 acres. Orange County’s smallest preserve is 482 acres

Lake County’s smallest forest = 472

Orange County’s smallest = 482

To find ratio we make a fraction

Ratio = Lake County’s forest / Orange County’s forest

=
`(472)/(482)`

Now simplify the fraction

divide top and bottom by 2

`(236)/(241)`

Ratio is 236 : 241