I am confuse at the following, please explain:

a company employs a total of 527people, and 47 of these people work in the operations depart. Which of the following is a ratio that compares the number of people in the operations depart. to the total# of employees in the company?
1. 47:480
2. 47:527
3. 480:47
4. 527:47

operations people/total = 47/527

To find the ratio that compares the number of people in the operations department to the total number of employees in the company, you need to express the number of operations employees and the total number of employees as a ratio.

The ratio will be operations people : total employees.

In this case, there are 47 people in the operations department out of a total of 527 employees.

So, the ratio is 47:527.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 2: 47:527.