Question

Ms. Omar runs the school tennis club. She has a bin of tennis balls and rackets For every 5 tennis balls in the bin, there are 3 tennis rackets. Draw a model to show the ratio of tennis balls to tennis rackets write the following ratios tennis balls to tennis rackets tennis balls to total pieces of tennis equipment​

Answer 1

see the explanation

Explanation:

Let

x ----> number of tennis balls

y ----> number of tennis rackets

Part 1) Write the following ratios tennis balls to tennis rackets ​

we know that

To find out the ratio of tennis balls to tennis rackets, divide the number of tennis ball by the number of tennis rackets

In this problem we have

`(x)/(y)=(5)/(3)`

so

`x=(5)/(3)y`

That means

The number of tennis balls is three-fifths times the number of tennis rackets

see the attached figure to better understand the problem

Part 2) Write the following ratios tennis balls to total pieces of tennis equipment​

we know that

To find out the ratio of tennis balls to total pieces of tennis equipment​, divide the number of tennis ball by the total pieces of tennis equipment

we have

total pieces of tennis equipment=x+y

so

`(5)/(5+3)=(5)/(8)`