Question

18. If the ratio of males to females in each

of two different mathematics classes
is 5 to 4, is the ratio of males to
females still 5 to 4 if the classes were
considered as one large class instead
of two smaller classes?
Ra

Answer 1

Yes, the ratio is still 5:4.

Explanation:

If you have a class of 5 males and 4 females, both numbers can be multiplied to get an even bigger class but the same ratio.

For example:

5 x 5 = 25 males

4 x 5 = 20 females

The amount of males to females is 25:20 when simplified (divided by 5) gets you back to your ratio of 5:4. You also can't go under this because the two don't have a way to get simplified without going into decimals. And I don't think decimals are very good with the number of students.

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