Question

cassie makes 2 candles
candle 1
4cm wide, 6cm long, and 10cm high
Candle2 8cm wide, 10cm long and 12cm high.
write a ratio of the volume of candle 1 to candle 2

Answer 1

Do you know how to find the volume of a cylindrical object?

Answer 2

umm no

Answer 3

You can assume the candles have rectangular shapes, or you can assume they have a cylindrical shape. Which one do you prefer?

Answer 4

rectangle

Answer 5

Volume for candle 1 is: V1=L*W*H = (6cm)(4cm)(10cm)=240 cubic centimeters. You try with Volume for candle 2

Answer 6

8x10x12=960 for candle 2

Answer 7

According with Wikipedia, a ratio is a relationship between two numbers of the same kind[1] (i.e., objects, persons, students, spoonfuls, units of whatever identical dimension), usually expressed as "a to b" or a:b, sometimes expressed arithmetically as a dimensionless quotient of the two[2] which explicitly indicates how many times the first number contains the second (not necessarily an integer).[3]

So we can say that the ratio r =V1/V2 =240/960=1/4

Answer 8

or you can say V1 to V2 is 1/4. Likewise, you can state the same relationship as: V1:V2=1/4. Both express the same.

Answer 9

Is that what you want?

Answer 10

yes thank you!

Answer 11

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