Question

Kelly spends 5 hours each week playing softball and 4 hours each week practicing her violin. Write the ratio of hours spent practicing violin to hours spent playing softball three different ways.

Answer 1

Given:

Kelly spends 5 hours each week playing softball and 4 hours each week practicing her violin.

To find:

The ratio of hours spent practicing violin to hours spent playing softball three different ways.

Solution:

We have,

Time spend on Softball = 5 hours

Time spend on Violin = 4 hours

The ratio to hours spent practicing violin to hours spent playing softball is

$\text{Required ratio}=\dfrac{\text{Time spend on Violin}}{\text{Time spend on Softball}}$

$\text{Required ratio}=\dfrac{4}{5}$

It can be written as

$\text{Required ratio}=4:5$

$\text{Required ratio}=4\text{ to }5$

Therefore, the ratio of hours spent practicing violin to hours spent playing softball three different ways are $\dfrac{4}{5}, 4:5$ and 4 to 5.