Question

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The length of a rectangle is 7 1/2 inches and the width is 2 3/4inches. What is the ratio, using whole numbers, of the length to the width?

a. 30:22
b. 30:11
c. 11:15
d. 15:11

Answer 1

What is 7 1/2 inches in terms of an improper fraction?

Answer 2

15/2

Answer 3

Okie dokie, how would do you normally calculate ratios? For example how would you calculate the ratio between 17 to 20?

Answer 4

17/20

Answer 5

ok so then we just have to calculate (15/2)/(3/4), what does that become?

Answer 6

12.5

Answer 7

30:22
30:11
11:15
15:11

Answer 8

b

Answer 9

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