Question

A factory is going to hire 33 new employees. There are 79 applicants. Which

choice represents the ratio of new hires to applicants?

Answer 1

33:79

Explanation:

We are told that a factory is going to hire 33 new employees.

and the total applicants is 79

In this problem, we want to represent the situation as a ratio of new hires to applicants

Since the question says new hires to applicants

Hence, the ratio will be

33 to 79

or

33/79, we can simplify this as

33:79