Question

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The length of a rectangle is 8 1/2 inches and the width is 3 1/4 inches. What is the ratio, using whole numbers, of the length to the width?

a. 17:13
b. 13:17
c. 34:13
d. 13:34

Answer 1

ick

Answer 2

huh?

Answer 3

you need \(\frac{8\tfrac{1}{2}}{3\tfrac{1}{4}}\) rewrite the mixed numbers as improper fractions

Answer 4

\[\frac{\frac{17}{2}}{\frac{13}{4}}=\frac{17}{2}\times \frac{4}{13}\]

Answer 5

2.6

Answer 6

you want a ratio, not a decimal

Answer 7

or 34/13

Answer 8

that is the one!

Answer 9

thanks

Answer 10

yw