Question

In a survey, 23 people said they visited the beach last summer, and 45 people said they did not. What is the ratio of the number of people who visited the beach last summer to the number of people who did not?​

Answer 1

23:45

Explanation:

A simple definition of a ratio:

A ratio tells us the quantity of one thing in respect to another by division of the same type.

In this case, we are talking about people which define the type in which we are trying to find the ratio of.

So, if we want to find the ratio of people who visited the beach in respect to people who didn't visit the beach, we would have to put the amount of people who visited the beach before the amount of people who didn't and put a colon(signifying a ratio) between those two quantities.

# of people who visited the beach: 23

# people who didn't visit the beach: 45

Putting the numbers in its place with a colon in between:

23:45

23:45 shows the amount of people who visited the beach in relation to the people who didn't visit the beach.