Question

In Vicky's rose garden, 2 of the rose bushes are blooming and the other 17 rose bushes are not blooming. What is the ratio of the number of bushes that are blooming to the total number of bushes?​

Answer 1

2 : 19

Explanation:

We know 2 of the bushes are blooming (this is the left number in my answer) but the other 17 are not. Neither of these is the total number of bushes. To find that, we need to add these together to get 2 + 17 = 19.

This means 2 out of 19 rose bushes are blooming.

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