Question

A pattern has 12 red squares to every 84 blue circles. What is the ratio of red squares to bluecircles?Saleet

Answer 1

A pattern has 12 red squares to every 84 blue circles

The ratio is shown below;

$\begin{gathered} \text{Ratio}=\frac{12}{84} \\ \text{Divide all through and reduce to the simplest form and you now have;} \\ \text{Ratio}=\frac{1}{7} \end{gathered}$