Question

An aircraft has a total of 125 seats. Only 75 seats were OCCUPIED during a certain

flight. What was the ratio of the number of seats that were OCCUPIED to the number
of seats that were NOT OCCUPIED during the flight?

Answer 1

Answer: The answer is 3:2.

Step-by-step explanation: The occupied seats are 75 so The seats that are not occupied are 50 by calculating the difference between 125 and 75.

The question is the ratio of the number of the occupied seats to the number of seats that are not occupied so this means 75:50 but It must be on the simplest form by dividing 75:50 by 5 on both we get 15:10 then the simplest form of 15:10 is 3:2.

Answer 2

3/5

Explanation:

75:125 or 75/125 is how you write the ratio.

Then, divide both by a common factor, 25.

The new ratio will be 3/5, which is the most simplified.

You can also do this with a smaller factor, such as 5.

You keep dividing it, till the numbers you get can't be simplified anymore.