Question

One pound of swordfish costs as much as 1.5 pounds of salmon. Mrs. O pays $39 for 2 pounds of salmon and 3 pounds of swordfish. Find the ratio of the amount of money Mrs. O pays for the swordfish to the amount of money she pays for the swordfish.

Answer 1

for every 2 pounds of salmon she pays for she will get 3 pounds of sword fish with it. 2 to 3 or 2/3 are different ways to Write a ratio for this problem.