Question

Santos flipped a coin 300 times. The coin landed heads up 125 times. Find the ratio of heads to total number of coin flips. Express as a simplified ratio. Answers:

A- 5 to 12
B- 7 to 12
C- 12 to 5
D- 5 to 7

Answer 1

5/12

Explanation:

No. of times coin landed head up / Total no. of flips

= 125 / 300

= 25*5 / 25*12

= 5 / 12