Question

Out of 274 listen species of birds in the United States, 78 species made the endangered list. Find the ratio of endangered species of birds to list species in the United States.

Answer 1

78:274 or
39:137

Answer 2

I reduced 78/274 to 6/19 ????

Answer 3

did you use the same factors

Answer 4

I just typed it in my calculator.. so.. idk.. lol

Answer 5

okay so if you divide 78/274 it would give u a totally different sum from 6/19 so.. yah

Answer 6

So which one would be right and why?

Answer 7

the ratio is just the fraction for endangered over the total... so 78/274.
if you reduced that you can divide both by 2 and get 39/137
which is reduced.