Question

Wendy and bob are counting penguins to find how many had a scarf. Wendy said 2/3 of the penguins had a scarf. Bob said that 6/9 of the penguins had a scarf. Are both Wendy and Bob correct?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is Wendy and Bob are correct.

Explanation:

Data

Wendy said 2/3 of the penguins had a scarf.

Bob said 6/9 of the penguins had a scarf.

Process

Before we decide, we must check if the fractions are equivalent, we must simplify both fractions

Wendy's fraction is not possible to simplify because it is in its simplest expression.

But we can simplify Bob's fraction dividing both numerator and denominator by 3
`(6)/(9) = (2)/(3)`

Finally, we observe that both fractions are equivalent and conclude that Wendy and Bob are right.