Question

Did you know that chickens sometimes eat vegetables and fruits? A farmer likes to give the chickens apples to share. The farmer observes that 4 chickens eat 7 apples. What is the ratio of the number of chickens to apples?

Answer 1

4:7 or you could say that it is 4 to 7

Answer 2

Answer:  The required ratio is 4 : 7.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that chickens sometimes eat vegetables and fruits.

A farmer likes to give the chickens apples to share and he observes that 4 chickens eat 7 apples.

We are to find the ratio of the number of chickens to apples.

Let c and a represents the number of chickens and apples respectively.

Then, we have

c = 4  and  a = 7.

Therefore, the ratio of the number of chickens to apples is given by

$c:a=\dfrac{c}{a}=\dfrac{4}{7}=4:7.$

Thus, the required ratio is 4 : 7.