Question

I need to right a ratio for this situation in 3 ways.

In greenville, About one in every eight homes has three computers.

Answer 1

@Miracrown

Answer 2

There are a couple of different ways we can do this.
Let's start by trying to express this information as a fraction.

Answer 3

Can you do that?

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

Would the fraction possibly be 3 over 8

Answer 6

That is one of them.

Answer 7

Do you know how fractions relate to ratios?

Answer 8

Ok so if its 3over8 then it would be 3:8 as another right?

Answer 9

Correct. :)

Answer 10

Then just plainly 3 to 8 ?

Answer 11

I guess my mind went blank for a moment.... xD

Answer 12

Yes, that's it! LOL don't worry it happens, at least you got the hang of it now. xD

Answer 13

:)

Answer 14

(:

Answer 15

i have another question on ratio's

Answer 16

This time its taking 4 over 36 and telling me to write 3 ratios equal to it

Answer 17

Since ratios can be represented as fractions , we need 3 fractions
that are the same as 4/36.

Can you guess how we will find them?

Answer 18

Maybe by dividing?

Answer 19

Close but not quite. Dividing will change the expression. I will give you a hint with a similar example.

Answer 20

\[\frac{ 1 }{ 2 } \space = \frac{ 3 }{ 9 } \space = \frac{ 11 }{33}\]

Answer 21

I have done this for 1/3
Does this give you any idea of how to handle 4/36?

Answer 22

Not really sure, It looks like you took the 1 and the 3 and timed them by itself.

Answer 23

Sorry, that was a typo. It was supposed to be 1/3 and not 1/2.
Let me fix it real quick

Answer 24

\[\frac{ 1 }{ 3 } \space = \frac{ 3 }{ 9 } \space = \frac{ 11 }{ 33 }\]

Answer 25

Still a little confused here.

Answer 26

Ah, so good guess. The idea was to use simplified or un-simplified forms of the same fraction.

Answer 27

4/8 can be written as 2/4 , 8/16, and 1/2 as another example.

Answer 28

alright that makes a little more sense, Let me look at see if i can figure it out.

Answer 29

Furthermore you can obtain these equivalent fractions by multiplying or dividing the numerator and the denominator by the same thing.

Answer 30

1/8 2/16 and 3/24 are my answers at the moment

Answer 31

\[\frac{ 1 }{ 3 } = \space \frac{ 1 \space (3) }{ 3 \space (3) } \space = \frac{ 3 }{ 9 }\]

Answer 32

That makes sense.

Answer 33

While those all are the same as 1/8 , 4/36 is not the same as those.

Answer 34

As a side note , if you had 4/32 instead of 4/36 your answer would be good.

Answer 35

Alright.

Answer 36

Would the top numbers stay the same or change to make my answer correct?

Answer 37

The numerators you mean? Ah, yes. It depends due to the infinitely many solutions , I can't give a clear answer for that. However , there do exist answers with those numerators.

Answer 38

1/9 2/18 and 3/27??

Answer 39

Correct. (:

Answer 40

Alright, Thank you.

Answer 41

yw

Answer 42

That is all for now, I appreciate your help :)

Answer 43

You're most welcome. I am glad I could help =]