8. Use words to describe the following sequence. Then find
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Answer:
No, the two ratios are not the same.
Step-by-step explanation:
When we are saying "apples to oranges", mathematically it means:
,
Which could be 2:3 or 3:2, which in fractional from are written as and
respectively.
We see that
In words the ratio 2:3 says "for every two apples there are three oranges", and 3:2 says "for every three apples there are two oranges". Again we see that the two sentences are not saying the same thing, therefore the ratio 2:3 is not same as 3:2.