Question

Basketball player made 36 free throws in 16 games. Find the ratio of free throws to games.

Answer 1

36 free throws , 16 games
ratio of free throws to games is 36:16 which reduces to 9:4

u have to pay attention to the wording of problems such as these..because if it would have asked for the ratio of games to free throws, it would have been 16:36 = 4:9

Answer 2

9:4

Explanation:

We have been given that

Number of free throws = 36

Number of games = 16

We have to find the ratio of free throws to games. Therefore, the required ratio is given by

`\frac{\text{free throws}}{\text{number of games}}=(36)/(16)`

On simplifying the ratio, we get

`\frac{\text{free throws}}{\text{number of games}}=(9)/(4)`

Therefore, the ratio of free throws to games is 9:4