A company states that the ratio of the number of people that prefer its brand of toothpaste to another brand is 4 to 2.
a. Is this a part-to-part ratio or a part-to-whole ratio?
b. Describe in words what the ratio means.
c. What is another way to write the ratio?
d. What is the simplified form?
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A company states that the ratio of the number of people that prefer its brand of toothpaste to another brand is 4 to 2.
a. Is this a part-to-part ratio or a part-to-whole ratio? 
b. Describe in words what the ratio means. 
c. What is another way to write the ratio? 
d. What is the simplified form?
@kropot72

anonymous · Answer

@IMStuck  @Purplerainbowcherry @SolomonZelman

imstuck · Answer

This is part to part.  You are comparing the number of people that like one brand to the number of people that like another brand.

imstuck · Answer

The ratio means that there are twice as many people that like the one brand than the other brand.

anonymous · Answer

a. part-to-part i would say
b . the ratio means that there are twice as more people who prefer the company's brand of toothpaste
c . 2:1, since you can divide by 2
d . a ratio such as x:y basically means x/y, so 2/1 = ?

imstuck · Answer

Another way to write it is to say 4:2 or 2:1.

imstuck · Answer

2:1 is the simplified form.

imstuck · Answer

Read this for help: http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index.php/2012/08/01/part-to-part-and-part-to-whole-ratios/

imstuck · Answer

It's wonderfully simple to understand.