Question

the table shows the number of books by type checked out from the school library on monday. select the statement that is true .a. for every 3 mystery books checked out 4 nonfiction books were checked out b. for every 3 mystery books checked out 6 nonfiction books were checked out c. for every 4 mystery books checked out 3 nonfiction books were checked out d. for every 6 mystery books checked out 3 nonfiction books were checked out

Answer 1

The ratio between mistery books and non fiction books is:

$\frac{24}{18}=\frac{6\cdot4}{6\cdot3}=\frac{4}{3}=\frac{\text{mistery books}}{\text{non fiction books}}$

therefore, we have that for each 4 mistery books checked out, there are 3 non fiction books checked out.