Question

beth said that the ratio of the number of players in any sport to the number of players on a lacrosse team must always be a terminating decimal. Do you agree or disagree?why?

Answer 1

Beth said that the ratio of number of players in any sport to the number of players on a lacrosse team must always be a terminating decimal. Do you agree or disagree?

3.8/5(21)

Answer 2

Yes, i agree.

Explanation:

Beth said that the ratio of the number of players in any sport to the number of players on a lacrosse team must always be a terminating decimal.

We need to check whether the statement of Beth is correct or not.

The ratio of the number of players in any sport to the number of players on a lacrosse team is

`\text{Ratio}=\frac{\text{The number of players in any sport}}{\text{The number of players on a lacrosse team}}`

Number of player can not be a fraction or decimal value. So, above ratio can be defined in the form of a/b where a and b are positive integers and b≠0.

It means Above ratio is a rational number.

A rational number is a terminating decimal if denominator is 2 or 5 or multiple of 2 and 5. Otherwise it is an irrational number.

Let number of players on a lacrosse team be 10. So the ratio of the number of players in any sport to the number of players on a lacrosse team must always be a terminating decimal.

I agree with Beth.