Erin loves to play sports. In all, she has earned 3 tennis trophies, 4 basketball trophies, 7 soccer trophies, and 1 volleyball trophy.What is the ratio of Erin's tennis trophies to all of her trophies?Choose 1 answer:(A) 3:4(B) 3:7(C) 3:12(D) 3:15
Q. Erin loves to play sports. In all, she has earned 3 tennis trophies, 4 basketball trophies, 7 soccer trophies, and 1 volleyball trophy.What is the ratio of Erin's tennis trophies to all of her trophies?Choose 1 answer:(A) 3:4(B) 3:7(C) 3:12(D) 3:15
Calculate total trophies: To find the ratio of Erin's tennis trophies to all of her trophies, we first need to calculate the total number of trophies she has.Calculation: Total trophies = Tennis trophies + Basketball trophies + Soccer trophies + Volleyball trophiesTotal trophies = 3+4+7+1Total trophies = 15
Find ratio of tennis trophies to total trophies: Now that we have the total number of trophies, we can find the ratio of tennis trophies to the total number of trophies.Calculation: Ratio = Tennis trophies : Total trophiesRatio = 3:15
Simplify the ratio: We can simplify the ratio by dividing both terms by the greatest common divisor of 3 and 15, which is 3.Calculation: Simplified ratio = (Tennis trophies÷3):(Total trophies÷3)Simplified ratio = 1:5
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