Question

4. Ratio of distance of the school from Mary's home
to the distance of school from Rita's home is 3:2.
(a) Who lives nearer to the school?
(b) Who lives further from the school?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Since,

RatioofdistanceofschoolfromMary  

′

shometothedistanceoftheschoolfromJohn  

′

smohe=2:1

∴  

DistanceofJohn  

′

shometoschool

DistanceofMary  

′

shometoschool

​  

=  

1

2

​  

 

DistanceofMary  

′

shometoschool=2×distanceofJohn  

′

shometoschool

So,MaryliveattwiceasmuchasdistanceasJohn

∴Johnlivenearertoschool.

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