SOLUTION: If abushel of apples weight from 48 to 54 pounds and a bushel of melons weight from 80 to 90 pounds, what is the smallest ratio between the weight of a bushel of apples and a bushe
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Question 1181822: If abushel of apples weight from 48 to 54 pounds and a bushel of melons weight from 80 to 90 pounds, what is the smallest ratio between the weight of a bushel of apples and a bushel of melon?
Answer by greenestamps(13203) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A ratio (fraction) is smallest when the numerator is smallest and the denominator is largest.
ANSWER: 48:90 or 8:15
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