Irene R. answered 12/01/19
Senior Mechanical Engineer with 13+ years of Teaching Experience
The ratio 48 feet to 32 feet can be written as : 48 / 32
Since 48 and 32 both share a greatest common factor of 16, we can divide both numbers by 16 to write the ratio as: 3 / 2
This would mean that for every 3 feet of one item, there would be 2 feet of another (or 1 and 1/2 feet to 1 foot).