Question

Two ratios are shown below:1. There are 4 boys for every 5 girls in the sixth grade.2. Twelve apples are sold at the farmer's market for every 15 pears.Are these ratios equivalent?

Answer 1

Given:

1) There are 4 boys for every 5 girls in the sixth grade.

$\frac{4}{5}$

2) Twelve apples are sold at the farmer's market for every 15 pears.

$\frac{12}{15}=\frac{4}{5}$

Answer: both the ratios are equivalent.