Question

A class is made up of 14 girls and 15 boys. Use the given information and give the example of the following:

a) Part-to-part ratio
b) part to whole ratio
c)Write the ratio of girls to the whole class in the form of 1:n

Answer 1

i would say part to whole

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

`\bf a)\\\\ \cfrac{girls}{boys}\qquad girls:boys\qquad \cfrac{14}{15}\\\\ \cfrac{boys}{girls}\qquad boys:girls\qquad \cfrac{15}{14}\\\\ -------------------------------\\\\ b)\\\\ \textit{the whole class is 14+15 students, or 29}\qquad \cfrac{\stackrel{girls}{14}}{\stackrel{class}{29}}\qquad \cfrac{\stackrel{boys}{15}}{\stackrel{class}{29}}\\\\ -------------------------------\\\\ c)\\\\ \cfrac{14}{29}\implies \cfrac{14/ 14}{29/ 14}\implies \cfrac{1}{2.07}\implies 1:2.07`