Question

Santos flipped a coin 300 times. The coin landed heads up 175 times. Find the ratio of heads to total number of coin flips. Express as a simplified ratio.

Answer 1

Ratio is :- Heads: number of coin flips

So now we plug in the numbers.

A ratio compares two values.

Ratio: 175:300

Now we simplify by dividing both values by the same number.

175:300 =

175/5= 35
300/5= 60

We aren't done yet, because we can still simplify more.

35:60=

35/5= 7
60/5= 12

Our final ratio: 7:12

Answer 2

175/300 divide top and bottom by 5