Caroline and Sarah are marking exam papers. Each set takes Caroline 89 minutes and Sarah 2 hours. Express the times Caroline and Sarah take as a ratio in its simplest form.
Answers
Time taken by Caroline = 89 mins
Time taken by Sarah = 2 hrs = 120 mins
∴ Ratio of the time taken by Caroline and Sarah respectively = 89 : 120
∵ The two figures share no common factor;
∴ The numbers cannot be reduced to their lowest terms.
Hence, the ratio is 89 : 120
Ans) The ratio of the time taken by Caroline and Sarah to mark exam papers respectively = 89 : 120
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Given:
(i) Caroline takes 89 minutes to complete whereas Sarah takes 2 hours.
To find:
(i) The times Caroline and Sarah take as a ratio in its simplest form.
Solution:
Given, Sarah takes 89 minutes to complete marking the papers.
Sarah takes 2 hours to complete.
As, 1 hour = 60 minutes.
So, 2 hours = 120 minutes.
So, Ratio of the time taken by Caroline to Sarah = 89 minutes /120 minutes
= 89/120
Thus, the ratio of the times taken by Caroline and Sarah = 89/120.