Question

Write 2/5∶ 2 in the form of 1 ∶ 𝑛.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To express the ratio \( \frac{2}{5} : 2 \) in the form \( 1 : n \), we first need to express it as a single ratio.

Starting with the ratio \( \frac{2}{5} : 2 \), we can convert it to a single fraction. This is done by dividing \( \frac{2}{5} \) by \( 2 \):

\[
\frac{2}{5} : 2 = \frac{2}{5} \div 2 = \frac{2}{5} \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{2 \times 1}{5 \times 2} = \frac{2}{10} = \frac{1}{5}
\]

Next, we want to express this in the form \( 1 : n \). We can rewrite \( \frac{1}{5} \) as:

\[
1 : 5
\]

Thus, both the left side and the right side of the ratio represents the same relationship, which can be expressed as:

\[
1 : 5
\]

Therefore, the final ratio in the form \( 1 : n \) is

\[
1 : 5
\]

So, \( n = 5 \).