Question

2.Write a ratio comparing the total pairs of socks in the drawer to the pairs of white socks in the drawer. Make sure it is in simplest form and that you write it in all 3 forms. * *

A sock of drawers contains 21 pairs of socks: 8 pairs are blue, 3 pairs are yellow and 10 pairs are white.

Answer 1

You want the ratio of (total pairs) to (white pairs) .

According to the data you gave in the question,
the ratio could be written as . . .

21 : 10
or
21 / 10
or
2 and 1/10
or
2.1 .

Answer 2

so ratio is there are 10 pairs of white socks and 21 pairs of socks total so the answer is
21:10