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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

If and , what is the ratio of to ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Since we are finding ratios, it would be helpful to put everything in terms of one variable. Since is in both equations, that would be a place to start. We manipulate the equations yielding and . Since we are asked to find the ratio of to , we need to find . We found the and in terms of so that means we can plug them in. We have: . Thus the answer is .
Final answer
B