Question

There are 8 brooms and 6 mops in a janitor's closet. what is the ratio of the number of mops to the total number of brooms and mops? a. b. c. d.

Answer 1

Answer:

3:7

Step-by-step explanation:

We have 8 brooms and 6 mops, making 14 objects in total, this will be our denominator. Our numerator will be the number of mops.

We have 6 mops, and 14 objects in total. Making the fraction $\frac{6}{14}$, simplify this fraction by 2 and it'll get us our answer.

$\frac{6/2}{14/2}$

$\frac{3}{7}$

Our ratio is 3:7