In the last three years, Frederico’s basketball team won 30 more games than they lost. If they won 150 games, what was their ratio of wins to losses? Show the ratio in three different ways.

Question

anonymous · Answer

$$150 - 30 = 120$$

120 = losses

Ratios:
$$150:120$$
$$\frac{ 150 }{ 120 }$$
150 to 120

anonymous · Answer

choices are 
a. 

644-08-01-00-00_files/i0050000.jpg, 1 to 5, 1:5 

c. 

644-08-01-00-00_files/i0050001.jpg, 5 to 4, 5:4 


b. 

644-08-01-00-00_files/i0050002.jpg, 5 to 6, 5:6 

d. 

644-08-01-00-00_files/i0050003.jpg, 5 to 1, 5:1 

    

a. 

644-08-01-00-00_files/i0050000.jpg, 1 to 5, 1:5 

c. 

644-08-01-00-00_files/i0050001.jpg, 5 to 4, 5:4 


b. 

644-08-01-00-00_files/i0050002.jpg, 5 to 6, 5:6 

d. 

644-08-01-00-00_files/i0050003.jpg, 5 to 1, 5:1

anonymous · Answer

Reduce 150 to 120 into simplest terms:

$$150 \div 5 = 30$$

$$120 \div 5 = 24$$

30 to 24, reduce even lower:
$$30 \div 6 = 5$$

$$24 \div 6 = 4 $$

5 to 4

anonymous · Answer

So the ratios would be: 
5 to 4
5:4
and 5/4