Question

What are two ways you can find an equivalent ratio for 12/16

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Simplify the fraction

2. Muliply the fraction by a common multiple of the numerator and denominator

Explanation:

This fraction/ratio isn't in simplist form. We can simplify it to find an equivalent ratio.

$\frac{12/2}{6/2} =\frac{6}{3}$

We can keep simplifying to find more equivalent ratios.

$\frac{6}{3} =\frac{2}{1} =2$

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As for multiplying, two ratios are equivalent to each other if one of them can be expressed as the multiple of the other. We can multiply both 12 and 16 by 2 to find an equivalent ratio.

$\frac{12(2)}{16(2)} =\frac{24}{32}$

You can keep multiplying by common multiples to find more equivalent ratios.

Thus, you can either simplify or multiply to find equivalent ratios.

hope this helps!