Question

how do I simplify the ratio 6-(-4)/8-3

Answer 1

I'm going to assume that the ratio you are representing is the following:

$\dfrac{6 - (-4)}{8 - 3}$

First, let's try to simplify both the numerator and the denominator to a single term. To do this, let's try to add or subtract whatever is in the numerator or denominator.

$\dfrac{6 - (-4)}{8 - 3} = \dfrac{10}{5}$

Now, we have simplified the numerator and denominator to one term. However, you may notice that we can simplify the numerator and denominator even more by dividing both of them by 5. This produces:

$\dfrac{10 \div 5}{5 \div 5} = \dfrac{2}{1}$

This produces 2/1, which simplifies to 2, but some people prefer to leave it as 2/1 because this is a more standard way to represent a ratio. Thus, the simplified version would be 2/1 or simply 2.