2007-09-26 12:55:23 · 5 answers · asked by bilfaqi 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It means the first quantity is equal to the second quantity * 11/7.
for example 33 : 21 (33 = 21 * 11/7)
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2007-09-26 12:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by tsr21 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that for every 11 things of one type there are 7 things of another type. If there are 18 students and 11 are girls and 7 are boys, then the ratio of girls of girls to boys is 11:7.
Two ratios equal to each other is called a proportion.
S0 1/2 = 3/6 is a true proportion because 3/6 = 1/2.
2007-09-26 13:03:57 · answer #2 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For every 11 of one quantity you have 7 of the other.
e.g. Mixing water and oil in an 11/7 ratio of water and oil you have 11 parts water and 7 oil.
Make sense? :)
2007-09-26 12:59:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a way to think of it...you have a picky kid who will only eat 11 french fries for every 7 lima beans they eat and they will only eat it in that quantity. If they have 11 french fries they must have 7 lima beans.
2007-09-26 13:00:34 · answer #4 · answered by raven44012 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For every # # # # # # # # # # # of these kind of things,
there are & & & & & & & of these.
If there were 22 #'s, there would be 14 &'s.
If there were 33 #'s, there would be 21 &'s.
And so on, and so on.
2007-09-26 13:11:45 · answer #5 · answered by bealsisland 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋