SOLUTION: A restaurant has 7 booths and 20 tables. Write the ratio of booths to tables as a fraction. Help me with this problem please?

Question 112634: A restaurant has 7 booths and 20 tables. Write the ratio of booths to tables as a fraction.
Help me with this problem please?
Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When you read ratios, you can replace the word "to" with the word "over".
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So the ratio "7 booths to 20 tables" can be read as "7 booths over 20 tables"
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This means the ratio you are looking for is 7 over 20 and this fraction form is:
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Hope this helps you to understand ratios in fraction form a little better.
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