Question

During one day in a hardware store, 37 people came in and made a purchase, and 13 people looked around but didn’t purchase anything. Express the following in ratios: a. Purchasers to nonpurchasers b. Nonpurchasers to purchasers c. Purchasers to total customers, d. Nonpurchasers to total customers

Answer 1

a. 37:13b. 13:37c.37: 50d.13:50

Answer 2

a) 37:13 b) 13:37 c) 37:50 d) 13:50

Explanation:

Given: During one day in a hardware store, 37 people came in and made a purchase, and 13 people looked around but didn’t purchase anything.

To Find: a. Purchasers to nonpurchasers b. Nonpurchasers to purchasers c. Purchasers to total customers, d. Nonpurchasers to total customers.

Solution:

Number of people who made a purchase(purchasers) =
`37`

Number of people who didn't made a purchase(non-purchaser)=
`13`

Total number of people who came to store =
`37+13`=
`50`

a) ratio of purchaser to non purchaser =
`\frac{\text{Number of purchaser}}{\text{Number of non purchaser}}`

=
`(37)/(13)`

=
`37:13`

b) ratio of non purchaser to purchaser =
`\frac{\text{Number of non purchaser}}{\text{Number of purchaser}}`

=
`(13)/(37)`

=
`13:37`

c) ratio of purchaser to Total customer =
`\frac{\text{Number of purchaser}}{\text{Number of Total customer}}`

=
`(37)/(50)`

=
`37:50`

a) ratio of non purchaser to total customer =
`\frac{\text{Number of non purchaser}}{\text{Total Number of customer}}`

=
`(13)/(50)`

=
`13:50`