Question

In a bouquet of flowers, there are 7 daisies and 17 roses. How do you write the ratio of daisies to roses in three different ways?

Answer 1

`"7 to 17"`, `7:17`, and `7/17`

Explanation:

A ratio is simply a way of comparing two quantities. In essence, a ratio between two numbers will tell you how much bigger one of the numbers is compared with the other.

For two numbers `a` and `b`, you can write the ratio of `a` to `b` in three ways

• using the word to

This one is pretty straightforward; to write the ratio of `a` to `b` you can simply write

`a " to " b`

• using the colon punctuation mark instead of to

You can write the ratio between `a` and `b` by using the colon punctuation mark, `:`

`a : b`

• using a fraction

You can also write the ratio between `a` and `b` as a fraction, with `a`, as the numerator and `b` as the denominator

`a/b`

So, your bouquet of flowers contains 7 daisies and 17 roses. You can thus write the ratio of daisies to roses like this

`"daisies to roses"-> color(green)("7 to 17")`

`"daisies to roses"-> color(green)(7:17)`

`"daisies to roses" -> color(green)(7/17)`