roy is going to increase the size of his patio to make room for a new BBQ grill. The ratio oof the area of the old patio to the area of the new patio is 2 1/4: 6 3/4. Convert this ratio to a unit rate and explain.
the issue here is to express fractions more easily: 2 1/4: 6 3/4 lets simplify fractions: 2 1/4 = 8/4 + 1/4 = 9/4 6 3/4 = 24/6 + 3/4 = 27/6 So the ratio can also be expressed as: 9/4 : 27/6 lets find a common denominator: 54/24 : 108/24 are also equivalent, so we can reduce: 54 : 108 and finally 1 : 2
