Question

The high school baseball team is having a cookout to celebrate their latest victory. They have a total of 35 hotdogs and hamburgers. If there are 21 hotdogs, would the ratio of hotdogs to hamburgers be 2:3
? Chose 1 for yes and 2 for no.(1 point)

Answer 1

To determine whether the ratio of hotdogs to hamburgers is 2:3, we first need to find out how many hamburgers there are.

Given:
- Total hotdogs = 21
- Total items (hotdogs + hamburgers) = 35

We can find the number of hamburgers by subtracting the number of hotdogs from the total:

Number of hamburgers = Total items - Hotdogs = 35 - 21 = 14 hamburgers.

Now we can find the ratio of hotdogs to hamburgers:

Ratio of hotdogs to hamburgers = 21 hotdogs : 14 hamburgers.

To simplify this ratio, we divide both sides by the greatest common divisor, which is 7:

21 ÷ 7 = 3
14 ÷ 7 = 2

So, the simplified ratio is 3:2.

Now, comparing this to the proposed ratio of 2:3, we can see that it is not the same.

Thus, the answer is 2 for no.