Question

There are 14 square and 18 rectangles. what is the simplest ratio of squares to rectangles?

Answer 1

The simplest ratio of squares to rectangles can be obtained as follows:

There are 14 squares and 18 rectangles. The ratio of squares to rectangles is:

`(14)/(18)=(7)/(9)`

Then, the simplest ratio is 7/9 because 7 is a prime number and the ratio cannot be simplified any more. To obtain 7/9 we divided the numerator by 2 and the denominator also by 2.