Question

1.are the fractions 1/5,5/5 and 5/1 equivalent?explain.s

Answer 1

1. No 1/5 is 0.2  5/5 is equal to 1, and 5/1 is equal to 5
2. If there are 50 states total and by 1795 15 states had become part, then the answer is 15/50, which could be simplified to 3/10

Answer 2

No .. 1/5 is smaller that 5/5(which is equivalent to 1) then 5/1 is equivalent to 5
..and by 1795 there were 15 states so 15/50.