Question

In a grocery store there are 4 self-checkout lines and 8 lines with cashiers. Find the ratio of the number of lines with cashiers to the number of self-checkout lines. Express the answer as a simplified fraction.

Answer 1

Answer:  The required simplified fraction is $\dfrac{2}{1}.$

Step-by-step explanation:  We are given that in a grocery store there are 4 self-checkout lines and 8 lines with cashiers.

We are to find the ratio of the number of lines with cashiers to the number of self-checkout lines.

Let n represents the number of lines with cashier and m represents the number of self-checkout lines.

Then, we have

n = 8 and  m = 4.

Therefore, the required ratio of the number of lines with cashiers to the number of self-checkout lines is given by

$\dfrac{n}{m}=\dfrac{8}{4}=\dfrac{2}{1}.$

Thus, the required simplified fraction is $\dfrac{2}{1}.$

Answer 2

8:4 Is the ratio of the number of lines with cashiers to the number of self-checkout lines.