Question

Felipe has a flower bed with area 25/4 square feet. He expands the flower bed to have area 75/4 square feet. How many square feet of space does the larger flower bed have for every square foot of the smaller flower bed? Write your answer as a ratio (a:b) *

Answer 1

Answer: Required ratio= 3:1.

larger bed has 3 square feet of area of every 1 square feet on smaller bed.

Explanation:

Given: Felipe has a flower bed with area
`\frac{25}4` square feet.

He expands the flower bed to have area
`\frac{75}4` square feet.

Now, area on larger flower bed for every square foot of the smaller flower bed = (area of larger bed) ÷ (area of smaller bed)

`= (75)/(4)/(25)/(4)=(75)/(4)*(4)/(25)=(3)/(1)`

So, larger bed has 3 square feet of area of every 1 square feet on smaller bed.

Required ratio= 3:1.