Question

A herd of 52 horses has 12 white and some black horses.what is the ratio of white to black horses ?

Answer 1

So we have 52 horses. We know that 12 are white, so:

W : B - 12: x, where x is the unknown amount of horses.

52 - the twelve white horses = 40 other horses.

This means that there are 40 black horses, so the ration of W:B is 12:40. We can simplify this ratio.

The highest common factor of both numbers is 4, so the ratio can be divided by four, giving 3:10.

Therefore the ratio is 3:10.

Hope I helped!