Question

A fruit bowl contains 2 bananas, 5 oranges, and 4 apples in the simplest form, what is the ratio of apples to bananas in the fruit bowl?

Answer 1

Ratio of apple to banana is 2:1

Explanation:

To find ratio of x type of one thing and y type of other thing we divide

x by y and ratio is written as

ratio = x:y

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Number of banana = 2

Number of apples = 4

Ratio of apple to banana = Number of apples :Number of banana

Ratio of apple to banana = 4:2

since 4 is divisible by 2 , to get the ratio in simplest form

we divide both numerator and denominator by 2

Ratio of apple to banana = 4/2:2 /2 = 2:1

Thus,

Ratio of apple to banana is 2:1