In a certain area,there are 35 houses to 55 businesses. Write the ratio of houses to businesses as a fraction I'm simplest form. Then explain its meaning.

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In a certain area,there are 35 houses to 55 businesses. Write the ratio of houses to businesses as a fraction I'm simplest form. Then explain its meaning.

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35/55=7/11 (i just divided by 5 in order to simplify)

this means that for every 7 houses there are 11 businesses

Josef Korbel answered Nov 12, 2017

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