Are the ratios 20:8 and 5:2 equivalent?

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Mathematics

Laney Elliott

1 July, 14:40

Are the ratios 20:8 and 5:2 equivalent?

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Hallie Russell · Answer 1

They are equivalent.

Step-by-step explanation:

They are equivalent because you can divide the first one by 4 and get 20/4 8/4.

Therefore you get 5:2 you can check the answer and you can get 5x4 and 2x4 which equals 20:8

Isiah Kim · Answer 2

Yes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find this I divided the ratio 20:8 by 4, which makes 5:2, so the two ratios are indeed equivalent.