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Write if the statement presented is "True" or "False." If False, Justify. "The simplified ratio of 27:36 is 4: 3"

User Whymess
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Answer: False

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Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio 4:3 has the first part (4) larger than the second part (3)

The ratio 27:36 has it flipped around, where the second part is the larger item this time.

Based on this alone, we can see that there's no way that 4:3 is the same as 27:36

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Another way you can look at it is to divide both parts of 27:36 by the GCF 9

  • 27/9 = 3
  • 36/9 = 4

The ratio 27:36 fully reduces to 3:4 and not 4:3. The order matters.

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Or you could go in verse of the previous section. Multiply both parts of 4:3 by 9

  • 9*4 = 36
  • 9*3 = 27

So the ratio 4:3 is equivalent to 36:27 which is not the same as 27:36. Again, the order is important.

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Yet another approach:

Treat the ratios like fractions. If they were equal, then 27/36 = 4/3 would be true.

Cross multiplying leads to 27*3 = 36*4 and that becomes 81 = 144 which is false. So saying 27:36 reduces to 4:3 is also false

User Marcoseu
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Answer:

FALSE. isn't it supposed to be 3 : 4.

Step-by-step explanation:

Simplified would be 27÷ 9 =3 and 36 ÷ 9 =4

User Dawid Laszuk
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