Question

There are 50 persons working in an office. If the number of females is 20

and the remaining are males, find the ratio of:

a) The number of females to number of males.

b) The number of males to number of females.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) 2:5 b) 5:2

Step-by-step explanation:

So what we do here is divide it in both cases. Lets take a first -

a) 20 females/ 50 males, when divided becomes 2/5, which is 2:5

b) 50 males/ 20 females, when divded becomes 5/2 which is 5:2

Answer 2

Answer:

(a) 2 : 3

(b) 3 : 2

Step-by-step explanation:

No. of males = Total - Female = 50 - 20 = 30.

(a) No. of females : No. of males = 20 : 30

= 2 : 3

(b) No. of males : No. of females = 30 : 20

= 3 : 2