Question

Taylor can clean pools at a constant rate of 2/5 pools per hour. What is the ratio of pools to hours? HELPP PLEASE

Answer 1

Hi! I'm happy to help!

To solve for this, we need to understand what a ratio is. A ratio is a comparison between two things. (in numbers) In this case,  between pools and hours:

pools:hours

A fraction is also a ratio, in this case we have 2/5, which also compares pools to hours, so we can turn this into a more proper ratio form:

2 pools: 5 hours

2:5

So, our ratio of pools to hours is 2:5.

I hope this was helpful, keep learning! :D

Answer 2

So to find number of pools cleaned in a certain number of hours simply multiply the rate (. 4 pools per hour) by the number of hours (25). Another way of thinking about the fraction 2/5 is that Taylor can clean 2 pools every 5 hours.

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