Question

Amy picked flowers. She Picked 4 yellows flowers and 6 red flowers. What is the ratio of red flowers to yellow flowers?

Answer 1

6:4
red flowers, 6 to yellow flowers, 4

Answer 2

Red Yellow

3 : 2

Or,

`(3)/(2)`

Explanation:

Number of yellow flowers picked = 4

Number of red flowers picked = 6

A ratio can be represented as a fraction, using words or a colon.

Lets compare the ration by using colon

Red Yellow

6 : 4

This can further be simplified,

Red Yellow

3 : 2

Ratio can also be represented as a fraction as below:

If we need to show the ratio of red flowers to yellow flowers, we need to use number of red flowers in the numerator and number of yellow flowers in the denominator.

Therefore, ratio will be,

`(6)/(4) =(3)/(2)`.