Question

The ratio of floor seats to balcony seats and in a theater is 20:1. Does the theater have more floor seats or more balcony seats? How do you know?

Answer 1

floor seats

Explanation:

when you write a ratio in words versus numbers the words on each side of the to will correspond with the numbers on the same side of the colon

Answer 2

The theater has more floor seats since if for every one balcony seat there is 20 floor seats, that means there are more floor seats. Picture this: You have one rubber band in one hand, and 20 in the other. Double that for each hand (have 40 in one hand and 2 in the other) Which hand has more? The hand with 40.