Question

Are ratio 1 : 2 and 2:3 equivalent ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

To check this, we need to know whether  

2

1

​  

=  

3

2

​  

 

We have,  

2

1

​  

=  

2×3

1×3

​  

=  

6

3

​  

 

and  

3

2

​  

=  

3×2

2×2

​  

=  

6

4

​  

 

We find that  

6

3

​  

<  

6

4

​  

, which means that  

2

1

​  

<  

3

2

​  

.

Therefore, The ratio 1:2 is not equivalent to the ratio 2:3

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