Question

A subscription to Living Longer magazine costs

$39.95 per year. A subscription to Bouncing
Babies magazine costs $49.95 per year. What is
the ratio of the Living Longer subscription cost
to the Bouncing Babies subscription cost? Write
your answer as a decimal rounded to two places.

Answer 1

The ratio of the Living Longer subscription cost to the Bouncing Babies subscription cost can be found by dividing the cost of Living Longer by the cost of Bouncing Babies:

$39.95 ÷ $49.95 ≈ 0.80

Rounded to two decimal places, the ratio of the Living Longer subscription cost to the Bouncing Babies subscription cost is approximately 0.80. Therefore, for every dollar spent on a subscription to Bouncing Babies magazine, one would need to spend approximately $0.80 on a subscription to Living Longer magazines.