Question

I need help understanding ratios and how they can be equivalent to each other

Answer 1

Ratios are the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.

Equivalent ratios are like equivalent fractions, if they are the same value they are equivalent.

For example, to find two ratios that are equal to 1:7, first write 1:7 as the fraction 1/7.