SOLUTION: Please show the ratio answer as #:#. Of the 13 Journeymen on a jobsite, there are 5 females. What is the ratio of males to females on this job?

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Question 560232: Please show the ratio answer as #:#.
Of the 13 Journeymen on a jobsite, there are 5 females. What is the ratio of males to females on this job?

Answer by rapaljer(4671)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The total numberr of Journeypeople is 13, of which 5 are female. This means that the other 13-5=8 are males.

The ratio of male to female is 8:5.

Dr. Rapalje, Retired

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