SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 8 inches and its width is 5 inches. Find the ratio of length to width? Thank you for helping me.

Question 629383: The length of a rectangle is 8 inches and its width is 5 inches. Find the ratio of length to width? Thank you for helping me.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, 55305:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ratio of length to width

Length:Width

8:5

and that's all there is to it
Answer by 55305(86) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An example of a ratio question is: Suppose you are 5 ft tall, and the tree was 10 ft tall. What is the ratio of your height to the tree's height?
your height to the tree's height is 5:10, and you can reduce ratios just as you can reduce fractions, so it reduces to 1:2.
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Now for your question. The length to the width is 8:5, and that can't be reduced, so that's your answer.
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