Question

a: b = 1:6
a:c = 3:1
How many times bigger is b than c?

Answer 1

Answer:

18

Step-by-step explanation:

Expressing the ratios in fractional form

$\frac{a}{b}$ = $\frac{1}{6}$ ( cross- multiply )

b = 6a → (1)

and

$\frac{a}{c}$ = $\frac{3}{1}$ ( cross- multiply )

a = 3c ← substitute into (1) , thus

b = 6 × 3c = 18c

Then b is 18 times bigger than c

Answer 2

B is 18 times bigger than C.

Given that,

• a: b = 1:6
• a:c = 3:1.

Based on the above information, the calculation is as follows:

$\frac{a}{b} = \frac{1}{6}$

And,

$\frac{a}{c} = \frac{3}{1}$

Now we have to cross multiplied

So it comes 18

Therefore we can conclude that B is 18 times bigger than C.

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