examples of using ratio in daily life
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Examples of ratios in life:
The car was traveling 60 miles per hour, or 60 miles in 1 hour.
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Step-by-step explanation:
A ratio is an expression of a “portion”. The upper number is the size of the portion. The lower number is what the portion is from. The line separating the upper from the lower can be express as “per”.
Almost every price you see in a grocery story is two ratios. The first, usually implied but often not, is the cost per unit, i.e. per one. Sometime it is more than one, as in $5 per 4 items.
The second ratio appears when the price is not whole dollars, as in $5.49 or 5 dollars and 49 cents or, 5 dollars and 49/100. The 49 cents is a fraction or portion of a dollar: 49 cents (out of or) per 100 cents