The first time a movie was made in Minnesota, the cast and crew spent 59 1/2 days filming winter scenes. The next year another movie was filmed in 8 3/4 weeks. Find ratio for first movie filming time and second movie time. Compare in weeks

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The first time a movie was made in Minnesota, the cast and crew spent 59 1/2 days filming winter scenes. The next year  another movie was filmed in 8 3/4 weeks. Find ratio for first movie filming time and second movie time. Compare in weeks

anonymous · Answer

59(1/2)days =((59*2) +1)/2 days
to convert thins into weeks divide by 7------that will eq. 1

similarly 8(3/4) weeks = ((8*4)+3)/4 weeks  ------that will be (2)
divide (1)/(2) for the ratio