Question

It takes Pam 45 minutes to drive to work and 60 minutes to drive home from work. Write the ratio of the time Pam spends driving home from work to the time she spends driving to work in three different ways.

Answer 1

60:45 =12:9 =4:3 so the answer is 4:3

Answer 2

Ratio defined as a relationship between two numbers indicating how many times the first number contains the second.

i.e, a to b = a : b

Given the statement: Pam takes 45 minutes to drive to work and 60 minutes to drive home from work.

⇒ Time Pam takes to drive from home to work = 45 minutes

and

Time Pam spends to drive from work to home = 60 minutes

By definition of Ratio:

`Ratio = (Time Pam Spends driving home from work)/(Time Pam spends driving to work )`

then;

`Ratio =(60)/(45)=(12)/(9)= (4)/(3)`

Therefore, the ratio of time Pam spends driving home from work to the time she spends driving to work in three different ways are;

60 : 45

12 : 9 and

4 : 3