Question

Sophia says that you can solve the problem in the Example by multiplying both quantities in the ratio 60:36 by one-sixth. Is Sophia correct?

Answer 1

Sophia is not correct

Explanation:

The given situation represent the problem of a ratio and it is predicted to do the simplify the ratio by determining the smallest possible values

Here it can be presented 60:36 as a fraction i.e.
`(60)/(36)`

Now the fraction should be fall by dividing both the numerator and denominator by a common factor i.e. 6

Now after dividing it, the fraction would be
`(10)/(6)`

Now it can be further reduced by a common factor i.e. 2

So now the fraction is
`(5)/(2)`

Thus, the ratio is 5:2

Hence, she is not correct