Question

The ratio of trumpet players to trombone players in the band is 5:3. What does this mean?
For every 5 trumpet players, there are 3 trombone players.
There are 2 more trumpet players than trombone players.
There are 5 more trumpet players than trombone players.
For every 5 trombone players, there are 3 trumpet players.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

i think its a

Answer 3

or d

Answer 4

Without knowing the number of players in the band, we know the ratio of trumpet players to trombone players is 5 to 3.
For example, there could be
5 trumpet players and 3 trombone players, or
10 trumpet players and 6 trombone players, or
15 trumpet players and 9 trumpet players, etc.

Answer 5

Look closely at d.
It shows more trombone players than trumpet players. That is not what the ratio tells us.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

d is out.

Answer 8

Now look at a.
According to the ratio, for every 5 trumpet players there are 3 trombone players. That is exactly what choice a states.

Answer 9

Choice b is true only if there are exactly 5 trumpet players and 3 trombone players, but we are not told the exact number of players. We only know the ratio.

Answer 10

ok

Answer 11

so a

Answer 12

and c are left

Answer 13

Now look at choice c.
Choice c states there are 5 more trombone players than trumpet players.
Is this possible?
If there are 5 trombone players and 3 trumpet players, there are 2 more trombone players that trumpet players.
If there are 10 trombone players and 6 trumpet players, there are 4 more trombone players that trumpet players.
If there are 15 trombone players and 9 trumpet players, there are 6 more trombone players that trumpet players.
The number of trombone players can be 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, etc. more than trombone players, but it can never be 5 more.

Answer 14

a is the only choice that is true for any number of players, so a is the answer.

Answer 15

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Answer 16

Betty and Adam are playing cards. Betty has won 5 hands and Adam has won 20 hands. What is the ratio of the number of hands Betty has won to the number of hands Adam has won?
1:4
4:1
5:1
1:5

Answer 17

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Answer 18

Just using the actual number of hands each one won, what is the ratio?

Answer 19

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Answer 20

is the answer a

Answer 21

1;4

Answer 22

Yes.
Betty won 5. Adam won 20
The ratio of wins of Betty to Adam is
5:20
5:20 can also be written as a fraction, 5/20
5/20 = 1/4 = 1:4

Answer 23

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