Question

The votes for president in a club election were: Smith: 24 Munoz: 32 Park: 20 Find the following ratios and write in simplest form. Votes for Munoz to Smith : Votes for Park to Munoz : Votes for Smith to total votes : Votes for Smith to Munoz to Park

Answer 1

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VOTES FOR MUNOZ TO SMITH

32:24

We see that both have a common factor of 8, so we can divide both by that.

4:3

This is in simplest form.

VOTES FOR PARK TO MUNOZ

20:32

We see that both have a common factor of 4, so we divide both by that.

5:8

This is completely simplified.

VOTES FOR SMITH TO TOTAL VOTES

24+32+20=76

24:76

We see that both have a common factor of 4, so will divide both by that.

6:19

We cannot simplify any more here.

VOTES FOR SMITH TO MUNOZ TO PARK

24:32:20

We can divide these all by four, so let's do that.

6:8:5

This can't be simplified anymore, so it is in simplest form.

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