Question

In a fish tank, there are 3 orange fish, 5 blue fish and 6 yellow fish. In simplest form, what is the ratio of yellow

Answer 1

Answer:

B. 2:1, for every two yellow fish there is one orange fish

Step-by-step explanation:

So you have 6 yellow fish and 3 orange fish.

You can divide both these values by 3 to get:

2 yellow fish: 1 orange fish

Therefore, the simplified version of the ratio is 2:1

In context this means for every 2 yellow fish there is 1 orange fish.

The answer is then B.

I hope this helps!!

- Kay