Question

Hello! Thank you for helping me today, I need a little bit of assistance to understand the rest of this question please. (This is is not an active test, it is a book I am studying in order to take the ASVAB in a couple of weeks.)Options;A: 1/8B: 1/7C: 1/6D: 1/4

Answer 1

GIVEN:

We are told that in a certain class, 3 out of 24 students are in student organizations.

Required;

What is the ratio of students in student organizations to students not in student organizations?

Step-by-step solution;

We shall begin by dividing the entire students into the two given groups, and that will be;

In student organizations = 3

Not in student organizations = 21

Total number of all students = 24

To determine the ratio of one value to the other, we express them as follows;

`\begin{gathered} Ratio\text{ }of\text{ }x\text{ }to\text{ }y=x:y \\ \\ OR \\ \\ Ratio\text{ }of\text{ }x\text{ }to\text{ }y=(x)/(y) \end{gathered}`

Therefore, to express the ratio of students in organizations to students not in organizations, we will have;

`\begin{gathered} Ratio=(3)/(21) \\ \\ Ratio=(1)/(7) \end{gathered}`

ANSWER:

Therefore, the correct answer is option B