Question

The ratio of french fries to packets of ketchup in Philip's bag is 8:1. What does this mean? A. There are 7 more french fries than packets of ketchup. B. For every 8 french fries, there is 1 packet of ketchup. C. For every 8 packets of ketchup, there is 1 french fry. D. There are 8 more french fries than packets of ketchup.

Answer 1

It's B. because the question says the ratio of fries to ketchup is 8 to 1 (for every 8 there is one)
In the question fries go firs and then ketchup, in tge rat 8 goes first and then 1

so if ratio of pens to book is 5 to one (5:1), than it means that for every 5 pens there is one book.

Answer 2

B.........is the anwser