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