Question

At crescent high school, 108 students plan on going to an in-state college and 63 students plan on going out of state college what is the ratio of students planning on going to an in state college to students planning on going to an out state college

Answer 1

12/7

Explanation:

To set up a ratio of "thing 1" to "thing 2", build a fraction with "thing 1" on top (numerator) and "thing 2" on the bottom (denominator).

The ratio of in-state students to out-of-state students is
`(108)/(63)` and this can be simplified ("reduced") by dividing both numbers by 9 to get the fraction 12/7.