Question

A music store has 40 trumpets, 39 clarinets, 24 violins, 51 flutes, and 16 trombones in stock. Write each ratio in simplest formTrumpets to violins

Answer 1

Given the question in the question tab, the following are the solution steps to get the ratio of Trumpets to violins

Step 1: Write the given data

40 trumpets

39 clarinets

24 violins

51 flutes

16 trombones

Step 2: Write the ratio of trumpets to violins

Trumpets=40

Violins=24

`\begin{gathered} \text{ratio}=40\colon24=(40)/(24) \\ By\text{ s}implification, \\ (40)/(24)=(5)/(3) \end{gathered}`

Hence, the ratio of trumpets to violin in its simplest from is:

`5\colon3`