Question

Joe bought 17 carrots and 12 potatoes. The ratio of the number of carrots to the number of potatoes is

Answer 1

17 : 12

Explanation:

A ratio is another way of expressing a fractional relationship between two or more values. In this case, the problem is asking one to represent the relationship between carrots to potatoes. It gives the number of carrots to the number of potatoes, so all one has to do is substitute in the number.

Answer 2

17:12 hope this helps!!