Question

If the ratio of men to women in a movie theater is 1.00 when written as a decimal, what must be true?

A. The ratio of women to men in the theater is 0.50.

B. The ratio of women to men in the theater is 2.00.

C. The ratio of women to total people in the theater is 0.50.

D. The ratio of women to total people in the theater is 2.00.

Answer 1

C - If the men-to-women ratio is 1:1, then you know that the theatre has the same number of men and women. Women are exactly half the people in the theatre; therefore the women-to-total ratio is .50.

Answer 2

C. The ratio of women to total people in the theater is 0.50

Answer 3

c- 0.50