Dan bought 8 shirts and 3 pants. Devonte bought 12 shirts and 5 pants. For each person, write a ratio to represent the number of shirts to the number of pants they bought. Are the ratios equivalent? Explain.

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Cecelia Bartlett

22 August, 22:55

Dan bought 8 shirts and 3 pants. Devonte bought 12 shirts and 5 pants. For each person, write a ratio to represent the number of shirts to the number of pants they bought. Are the ratios equivalent? Explain.

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Cael Huang · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Dan bought 8 shirts and 3 pants. This means that the ratio representing the number of shirts to the number of pants that Dan bought is 8/3 = 2.67

Devonte bought 12 shirts and 5 pants. This means that the ratio representing the number of shirts to the number of pants that Devonte bought is 12/5 = 2.4

Therefore, they are not equivalent ratios because the relationship is not exactly the same.