document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1210393>Question 1210393</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It costs £11.25 a day to stay in a hotel in <BR>\n" );
document.write( "September and £88.25 a week in August.by <BR>\n" );
document.write( "comparing the cost of a week holiday in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "September with that of a week's holiday in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "August find ratio of cost in lowest terms\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the problem asks to compare the weekly costs as a ratio in lowest terms, it might be easiest to convert the given decimal costs into fractions.  Note this will be relatively easy, because both given rates involve .25 = 1/4 of a pound.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "one day in September: 11.25 = 45/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "one week = 7 days in September: 7*(45/4) = 315/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "one week in August: 88.25 = 353/4<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ratio is 315/353.  Those whole numbers have no common factor, so that ratio is in lowest terms.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 315/353, or 315:353<br><BR>\n" );
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