SOLUTION: the ratio of men to women at a swimming bath varies.which has more women?a)2:15 b)1:6 i worked this by adding these together getting 24 and dividing 24 by 17 and then 7 and i think
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Question 703859: the ratio of men to women at a swimming bath varies.which has more women?a)2:15 b)1:6 i worked this by adding these together getting 24 and dividing 24 by 17 and then 7 and i think that b)1:6 is the answer am i right can anyone help Answer by Simnepi(216) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Sadly, you are not correct.
To compare ratio's we need to get one of the numbers to be the same!
looking at the ratios 2:15 and 1:6
we need to work with the second ratio.
1:6 can be doubled (we double both numbers) to make the first number in both ratios the same.
so we get
1:6 X 2 = 2:12
Now, comparing 2:12 and 2:15 we see the second ratio has a larger second number.
This second number represents the number of women in the swimming bath, so the ratio 2:15 has more women than the ratio 1:6
