Question

Gunther Jr. High School has a student to teacher ratio of 25 to 2. Which of the following rational numbers is an equivalent representation of this ratio?

Answer 1

Explanation:

To find an equivalent ratio with smaller numbers, we can divide both 25 and 2 by their greatest common factor, which is 1:25 ÷ 1 = 25

2 ÷ 1 = 2Therefore, the ratio can be written as:25 : 2To write this ratio as a rational number, we can divide 25 by 2:25 ÷ 2 = 12.5So an equivalent representation of the ratio 25 : 2 is the rational number 12.5.