document.write( "Question 508810: 1.ELECTIONS In an election for sheriff, \n" );
document.write( "210 people voted. If there were 1,260 \n" );
document.write( "possible voters, write a ratio to compare \n" );
document.write( "the number of people who voted to the \n" );
document.write( "number of possible voters. \n" );
document.write( "2. DENTAL CARE Taru surveyed 60 dentists \n" );
document.write( "and found that 48 favored the use of \n" );
document.write( "fluoride toothpaste. Write a ratio to \n" );
document.write( "compare the number of dentists \n" );
document.write( "favoring the use of a flouride \n" );
document.write( "toothpaste to all dentists surveyed. \n" );
document.write( "3. E-MAIL One morning, Mirna counted \n" );
document.write( "15 junk e-mails out of 21 e-mails in her \n" );
document.write( "inbox. Write a ratio comparing the \n" );
document.write( "number of junk e-mails to the total \n" );
document.write( "number of e-mails. \n" );
document.write( "4. SURFING One evening at his local \n" );
document.write( "surf spot, Jeff counted 28 surfers in \n" );
document.write( "the water. Among those, he counted 21 \n" );
document.write( "that had hoods on their wetsuits. \n" );
document.write( "Write a ratio comparing the number \n" );
document.write( "of surfers with hoods to the total \n" );
document.write( "number of surfers. \n" );
document.write( "5. MUSIC A music company signed 12 new \n" );
document.write( "artists to its label in 2002. Out of the \n" );
document.write( "12, 10 artists have hit songs. Write a \n" );
document.write( "ratio to compare the number of artists \n" );
document.write( "with hit songs to the total number of \n" );
document.write( "artists signed in 2002. \n" );
document.write( "6. BASEBALL Nate had 26 hits at 50 times \n" );
document.write( "at bat last season. Write a ratio to \n" );
document.write( "compare the number of hits to the \n" );
document.write( "number of times at bat. \n" );
document.write( "7. BASEBALL In baseball, David has \n" );
document.write( "10 hits out of 14 at bats. Adam has \n" );
document.write( "15 hits out of 21 at bats. For each \n" );
document.write( "player, write a ratio that represents his \n" );
document.write( "total number of hits out of times at bat. \n" );
document.write( "Are these ratios equivalent? \n" );
document.write( "8. DRIVING Sarah can drive 198 miles on \n" );
document.write( "11 gallons of gasoline. On 6 gallons of \n" );
document.write( "gasoline, Rachel can travel 138 miles. \n" );
document.write( "Write a ratio that compares miles \n" );
document.write( "traveled per gallon of gasoline for each \n" );
document.write( "car. Do the cars get the same mileage? \n" );
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