Question

Are the ratios 1:2 and 5:16 equivalent?

Answer 1

To check whether the equivalent of 1: 2 si 5:16

multiply both the numerator and denominator of 1/2 by 5

That is;

`(1)/(2)=(1*5)/(2*5)=(5)/(10)`

Hence 5: 10

This shows that 1:2 and 5:16 are not equivalent