SOLUTION: There were 85 red balloons and 90 blue balloons at a party. What is the ratio of blue balloons to red balloons. Simplify your answer.

Question 382634: There were 85 red balloons and 90 blue balloons at a party. What is the ratio of blue balloons to red balloons. Simplify your answer.
Answer by kingme18(98) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A ratio can be written as a fraction. The ratio of blue balloons to red balloons means # blue / # red : Both 90 and 85 are divisible by 5, so this reduces to DO NOT turn this into a mixed number; ratios are always written as fractions, even if they are irrational.
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