Question

There are 82 boats in the navy. 48 of them are battleships and the rest are destroyers. What is the ratio of the number of destroyers to the number of battleships?

Answer 1

There are 82 boats in the navy. 48 of them are battleships and the rest are destroyers. What is the ratio of the number of destroyers to the number of battleships?​

Let

x -----> the number of destroyers

y ----> the number of battleships

the ratio is

x/y

we have

y=48

x=82-48=34

therefore

ratio=34/48

simplify

34/48=17/24

answer is 17/24 or 17:24