A standard IMAX screen measures 22 m long by 16 m wide, thus resulting in a width to length ratio of 16/22 . Which of the following is equivalent to 16/22 ?

A. A.0.72
B. 1.375
C. 7.27
D. 13.75

Question

A standard IMAX screen measures 22 m long by 16 m wide, thus resulting in a width to length ratio of 16/22 . Which of the following is equivalent to 16/22 ? 

A.	A.0.72
	B.	1.375
	C.	7.27
	D.	13.75

anonymous · Answer

Well, is 16/22 bigger or smaller than 1?

anonymous · Answer

IDK

anonymous · Answer

which is bigger 16 or 22?

anonymous · Answer

22

anonymous · Answer

so when you divide a number by something larger, you get an answer that is less than 1. 
Just like if you have 4 slices of pizza to share evenly between 5 people. Does anyone get a whole slice? no. that would be 4/5 = 0.8 or so. 
So if 22>16 then 16/22 <1

anonymous · Answer

i dont understand the last part 16/22 <1

anonymous · Answer

That means that the fraction 16/22 is less than 1. You are trying to divide the number 16 into 22 equal parts. the equal part would be less than one since you are dividing by a number greater than 16. 

16/16 = 1
16/15>1
16/17<1
16/22<1

anonymous · Answer

ok