Question

The length of a rectangle is 8 1/2 inches and the width is 3 1/4 inches. What is the ratio, using whole numbers, of the length to the width?


34:13


13:17


17:13


13:34

Answer 1

ANSWER

$34 : 13$

EXPLANATION

The length of the rectangle is

$8 \frac{1}{2} \: inches$

$= \frac{17}{2} in$

The width of the rectangle is

$3 \frac{1}{4}$

$= \frac{13}{4} in.$

The ratio of length to width is:

$\frac{17}{2} : \frac{13}{4}$

We multiply each term in the ratio by

4

$\frac{17}{2} \times 4: \frac{13}{4} \times 4$

$34 : 13$