Question

An apple costs 16 cents and a peach costs 36 cents find the ratio of a peach to the cost of apple

Answer 1

Peaches:Apples

=36:16 (Dividing by 4)

=9:4

Answer 2

Answer :

The ratio of the cost of peach to that of an apple is 9 : 4

Given :

Cost of an apple = 16 cents

Cost of a peach = 36 cents

To find :

The ratio of the cost of peach to that of an apple

Solution :

The ratio of the cost of peach to that of an apple = Cost of a peach : Cost of an apple

= 36 : 16

= 18 : 8

= 9 : 4

Since , it is a ratio, therefore it has no units.

Hence, The ratio of the cost of peach to that of an apple is 9 : 4

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