Question

One day, at the Department of Motor Vehicles office, 28 women and 64 men applied for a replacement driver's license. What ratio compares the number of women applicants to the number of men applicants?

Answer 1

Answer:

7: 16

Step-by-step explanation:

women : men

28: 64

divide each number by 4

7: 16

Answer 2

Answer:  The required ratio is 7 : 16.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that one day, at the Department of Motor Vehicles office, 28 women and 64 men applied for a replacement driver's license.

We are to find the ratio that compares the number of women applicants to the number of men applicants.

Given that

Number of women applicants, w = 28

and

the number of men applicants, m = 64.

Therefore, the ratio compares the number of women applicants to the number of men applicants is given by

$w:m=\dfrac{w}{m}=\dfrac{28}{64}=\dfrac{7}{16}=7:16.$

Thus, the required ratio is 7 : 16.