Saturday, October 17, 2009

Bruce's Scribepost, questions 12-13, Oct.17-09

Hey guys,

Last class Mr.Harbeck told us to answer the question we were assigned to answer. My questions were questions 12 and 13.


Question #12.

In a class of 32 students, there are 24 girls.

a) What is the boys to total students ratio?
Express the ratio as a fraction and a
percent.

Ratio - 8:32 boys to total

Fraction - 2 over 8 (I simplified the answer by dividing both numbers by 4,
8/4 = 2 and 32/4 = 8)

Percent - 25% (8 is 25 percent of 32 and 32 is 100% of 32 so 8+8+8+8 = 32. One eight is 25% of 32. 8/32 = 0.25( 0.25 x 100) = 25%.

b) What is the girls to boys ratio? Use
ratio notation to express the ratio.

8 : 24 boys to girls

Question #13

A soccer team played 28 games and won
4 out of every 7 games. There were no
tied games.

a) How many games did they lose?

The team lost 12 games. ( 1. 7-4 = 3 2. 7 x 4 = 28 3. 3 x 4 = 12 games lost )

b) What was the team’s win–loss ratio?
Explain how you got your answer.

16 : 12 win to loss ( I calculated the losses and got 12 and got 16 as the wins so 16+12 = 28 games)

c) If this trend continues, how many losses
would you expect the team to have
once they have won 20 games?

Well I think 28 games plus 20 more win games the teams ratio would be

36 : 12 wins to loss

Thanks for reading my scribe please leave a comment.

3 comments:

  1. Great Job Bruce! I liked how you explained how you explained how you got your answer. Next time you should leave space after every each question you have done so it would be easier to look for the question or answer. Anyways Good job Bruce!

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  2. Nice job, well explained post.

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  3. good job! your post is very deatialed and very easy to understand because you explained how you got your answers

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