Question

I spend $360 on groceries and $240 on vegetables. what is the ratio of 360 to 240

Answer 1

A ratio is an ordered pair of numbers a and b, where the raio of a to b is written as a / b where b does not equal 0.

Hence

The ratio of 360 to 240 is given as

`(360)/(240)`

reduce to the lowest fraction we have

`\begin{gathered} (360)/(240)=(36*10)/(24*10) \\ \\ \text{divide out the common numbers } \\ (36)/(24) \end{gathered}`

Then

`\begin{gathered} (36)/(24)=(6*6)/(4*6)=(6)/(4) \\ \text{similarly} \\ (6)/(4)=(3*2)/(2*2)=(3)/(2) \end{gathered}`

Hence the ratio of 360 to 240 in the simplest form is 3 to 2