A survey was conducted to determine students’ preferred learning style. The distribution of responses from the sample participants are summarized as follows: Learning Styles Number of Students Who Prefer Each Style auditory learning style 17 visual learning style 20 kinesthetic learning style 13 Write a ratio that compares the number of students who preferred a visual learning style to the number of student-participants of the survey. Write your answer in the simplest fraction form.

Question

A survey was conducted to determine students’ preferred learning style. The distribution of responses from the sample participants are summarized as follows: Learning Styles Number of Students Who Prefer Each Style auditory learning style 17 visual learning style 20 kinesthetic learning style 13 Write a ratio that compares the number of students who preferred a visual learning style to the number of student-participants of the survey. Write your answer in the simplest fraction form.

Answer 1

The ratio comparing the number of students who preferred a visual learning style to the total number of students who participated in the survey is:

Visual learning style : Total number of students
20 : (17 + 20 + 13)
20 : 50

This ratio can be simplified to:

4 : 10

So, the ratio comparing the number of students who preferred a visual learning style to the total number of students is 4:10 or in simplest fraction form, 2:5.