Answer:
(a) ratio of all books to new books is 17 : 8
or in quotient form: 17/8
(b) ratio of all books to used books is 17 : 9
or in quotient form: 17/9
Step-by-step explanation:
Number of new books = 8
Number of used books = 9
Total number of books = 17
Recall also that ratios are written with the symbol ":" in between the first quantity and then the second quantity, thus the symbol ":" replacing the word "to". For example "Ratio of a to b is written with the symbology:
a : b
which can also be translated to the quotient expression: a/b
Then the requested ratio of
(a) all books to new books is 17 : 8
or in quotient form: 17/8
(b) all books to used books is 17 : 9
or in quotient form: 17/9
