Question

omg i need help!!!
Express each ratio as a fraction in simplest form
2 yards to 45 feet

Answer 1

Convert those units first! Probably best to change 45 feet to yards, then do a ratio of yards.

Answer 2

but i dnt knw im so confused

Answer 3

And remember that a ratio of the form "A to B" as a fraction: A is the numerator and B the denominator.

Answer 4

Do you know how many feet are in a yard?

Answer 5

(ugh, we should all just go metric already . . . )

Answer 6

??? ok..... and well i just need to mulitply them and i just get my answer right

Answer 7

Ratios, being fractions, is more about division, but after converting the units, there really isn't any arithmetic necessary, it's more about rewriting the form of the expression.

Here's another example: 8 cups to a gallon is the same as 8 cups to 16 cups (since there are 16 cups in a gallon). The ratio 8 to 16 is the same as 1 to 2, so the fraction is 1/2.

Answer 8

ok