Question

The ticket booth at a school play sells 170 adult tickets and 150 student tickets. Find the ratio of adults to students. Write your answer as a fraction in the simplest form.

Answer 1

Answer: 17:15

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that the ticket booth at a school play sells 170 adult tickets and 150 student tickets.

The ratio of adults to students will be:

= 170/150

= 17:15

The ratio is therefore 17:15.