Question

What ratio of 2weeks 4days is 4days?

Answer 1

ANSWER

$2\colon9$

EXPLANATION

We want to find the ratio of 4 days to 2 weeks 4 days.

First, let us express 2 weeks 4 days as days:

$\begin{gathered} 1\text{ week = 7 days} \\ 2\text{ weeks = 14 days} \\ \Rightarrow2\text{ weeks 4 days = 14 + 4 = 18 days} \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the ratio of 4 days to 2 weeks 4 days is:

$4\colon18$

Put it in lowest terms:

$\Rightarrow2\colon9$

That is the ratio.