Tamara J. answered • 10/25/12
Math Tutoring - Algebra and Calculus (all levels)
It's not quite clear how you've stated this, but I believe it's a ratio problem that looks like the following:
53/7 : 7
If this is the case, you want to get rid of the fraction on the left side. To do this, simply multiply both sides by 7:
7 * (53/7) : (7) * 7
53 : 49 , and this is your answer since it cannot be simplified further.
Tamara J.
Ok. So you have (53) / (7:7).
To simplify this, the ratio 7:7 is equivalent to 1:1.
Do determine the # of parts the ratio is composed of you add its components. That is, 1+1 = 2 parts.
Divide 53 by the # of parts (2) to find the value per part, which yields 53/2 and cannot be simplified any further. This value means that each part of the ratio has a value of 53/2.
Then multiply this value by each component of the ratio:
(53/2) * 1 = 53/2
(53/2) * 1 = 53/2
You can verify this answer by adding these two values:
(53/2) + (53/2) = 106/2 = 53
If you were to keep the 7:7 ratio and use it to work out the problem in the same manner, you would arrive at the same answer.
Hope that helped!
10/25/12
Lisa E.
okay I was trying to help him over the phone and they told me it was 53 divided by 7:7
10/25/12