A stand was selling 8 mangos for 10 dollars at a farmer's market.

Kisha said, " That mean we can write the ratio 10:8, or $1.25 per mango."

Luis said, " I thought we had to write the ratio 8:10, or 0.8 mangos per dollar."

Who is correct, and why? Can we write more then one ratio for this situation? Explain why or why not.

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Mathematics

Tickles

28 August, 07:49

A stand was selling 8 mangos for 10 dollars at a farmer's market.

Kisha said, " That mean we can write the ratio 10:8, or $1.25 per mango."

Luis said, " I thought we had to write the ratio 8:10, or 0.8 mangos per dollar."

Who is correct, and why? Can we write more then one ratio for this situation? Explain why or why not.

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Martin Baker · Answer 1

(Ms) Kisha is correct.

How?

Well, I figured this out by using common sense. 8 mangoes are 10 dollars. Since the price is higher than the amount, so it has to be at least more than one.

We could write more ratios. You can always write more ratios. You just multiply/divide both sides. Examples below:

2:5

16:20