Question

there were 24 red roses and 9 white roses what was the ratio of the red roses to the white roses

Answer 1

The ratio is given by

$\text{ the ratio of red roses to white roses = }\frac{\text{ the number of red roses}}{\text{ the number of white roses}}$

the number of red roses = 24

the number of white roses = 9

Therefore,

$\text{ the ratio of red roses to white roses = }\frac{24}{9}=\frac{\frac{24}{3}}{\frac{9}{3}}=\frac{8}{3}=8\colon3$

Hence, the ratio of the red roses to the white roses is 8:3