Question

Of the 240 students eating lunch, 96 purchased their lunch and the rest brought a bag lunch. What is the ratio of students purchasing

lunch to students bringing a bag lunch?
Oa. 2:5 Ob. 5:2
c3:2 Od: 2:3

Answer 1

96:144

Explanation:

Since there are 240 students and the known value is 96 students buying lunch, you simply subtract the two numbers.

240 - 96 = 144

There are 144 students bringing bag lunch.

The ratio is asking students purchasing lunch to students bringing a bag lunch, which would be 96:144

The simplified answer is 2:3

To get this, divide 144 by 96

This, in turn, would give you in answer of 3/2 which can be inversed to get the right answer