Question

Candidate A makes 48 speeches. Candidate B makes 16 speeches. a. Write the ratio of speeches by candidate A to candidate B b. Simplify the ratio so the second quantity is 1. Show your work.

Answer 1

a. 48:16

b. 3:1

Explanation:

Part a asks for a ratio of the two speeches. You simply separate the two numbers with a colon to show that it's a ratio.

Part b asks that the second quantity (which is the speeches made by B) be 1. To do this, divide 16 on both sides. 48 divided by 16 is 3, and 16 divided by 16 is 1. Thus, 3:1