Can anyone Explain in words why these are equivalent expressions.
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Answer:
1. 26:5 or
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5.2 as a decimal
2. 21:26 or
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0.81 as a decimal
3. 21:5 or
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4.2 as a decimal
4. 5:21 or
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0.24 as a decimal
Step-by-step explanation:
A ratio is a comparison of two quantities and can be written in several forms including fractions. It is most commonly written in fraction form or a:b.
To write a ratio, we count the number of each quantity we are comparing. A part to whole ratio for letters and vowels would be the part compared to the whole. For example, there are 21 consonants to 26 letters in the alphabet. We write 21:26 or or 0.81. We can also compare the number of vowels which is 5:26 or
A part to part ration compares a part to a part like the number of consonants is 21 with the number of vowels is 5. We write the ratio as consonants : vowels.
21:5 or
or
4.2 as a decimal.
We can reverse and write vowels : consonants.
5:21 or
or
0.24 as a decimal.
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Answer:
1. asymptotes: x=-6, x=6, y=0; zero: x=0
2. 20 blue fish
Step-by-step explanation:
1. The vertical asymptotes are where the denominator is zero. It factors as (x-6)(x+6), so will have zeros at x=-6 and x=6.
The horizontal asymptote is at the limit when x goes to infinity. Here, the ratio of highest-degree terms is 6/x, so the value goes to zero as x gets large.
The zero is where the numerator is zero, at x=0.
In summary:
- vertical asymptotes: x = ±6
- horizontal asymptote: y = 0
- zero: (0, 0)
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2. 60% are red, so 40% are blue. The difference in percentages is 60%-40% = 20%. The percentage of blue fish (40%) is twice the difference (=2×20%), so the number of blue fish is twice the difference in numbers.
blue fish = 2×10 = 20 fish
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There are then 20+10=30 red fish, so 20+30=50 fish total. Reds are 30/50 = 60% of the total.
<u><em>Additional comment</em></u>
I find it often works well to work with ratios, which I can often do in my head. Other folks like to see equations. Here, we could write equations like ...
r = 60%(r + b) . . . . reds are 60% of the total
r - b = 10 . . . . . . . . 10 more reds than blues
We want the value of b, so we can eliminate r by substituting for it:
r = 10 + b . . . . from the second equation above
(10 +b) = 0.60((10 +b) + b) . . . . substitute for r
10 +b = 6 + 1.2b . . . simplify
4 = 0.2b . . . . subtract b+6
20 = b . . . . . . multiply by 5 (there are 20 blue fish)
