A sports store is having a sale. The store is selling 32 basketballs, 24 volleyballs, and 28 footballs for half price. Use a ratio to compare the numbers of bal

Question

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Answer 1

A ratio is simply a proportion of all of the elements you are looking to evaluate.

 

32 basketballs : 24 volleyballs : 28 footballs

 

Now you want to reduce this ratio into its simplest form.  Notice that all of these numbers are divisible by 4.

 

8 basketballs : 6 volleyballs : 7 footballs

 

These 3 numbers do not have any other common factors, so 8:6:7 is your ratio.