Question

A local business does $1200 in sales on Monday and $1400 dollars in sales on Tuesday. Which of the following a correct sentence to describe the ratio of Monday to Tuesday?

Answer 1

Answer: The amount of money that he made on Monday is 0.86 times the amount of money that he made on Tuesday

Explanation:

We know:

Monday = $1200

Tuesday = $1400

Now we want to know the ratio of Monday to Tuesday, that is a relation that directly relates both quantities, we can calculate it as:

Ratio from Monday to Tuesday = Monday/Tuesday = $1200/$1400 = 0.86

Then the amount of money that he made on Monday is 0.86 times the amount of money that he made on Tuesday