Question

A baseball player swings at the ball 56 times over a season and hits 16 times.

What is the ratio of hits to misses?

Answer 1

2:5.

Explanation:

Number of misses = 56 - 16 = 40.

Ratio = 16:40

- which simplifies to (16/8) : (40 / 8)

= 2:5.