The ratio of vowels to consonants in a word is 5 to 7. Are there more vowels or consonants in the word? Explain.
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To determine whether there are more vowels or consonants in the word, we need to compare the number of vowels to the number of consonants.
Let's assume the word has a total of 12 parts (a multiple of both 5 and 7 to maintain the ratio).
According to the given ratio, for every 5 parts representing vowels, there are 7 parts representing consonants.
So, we can calculate the number of vowel parts by multiplying 5 by (12 / 7) since there are 7 parts for every 12 parts:
Number of vowel parts = 5 * (12 / 7) = 60/7 ≈ 8.57
We know that we cannot have a fractional value for the number of parts in a word. Therefore, we round down to the nearest whole number to determine the number of vowel parts. In this case, it would be 8.
Similarly, we can calculate the number of consonant parts by multiplying 7 by (12 / 7):
Number of consonant parts = 7 * (12 / 7) = 12
Since there are 8 vowel parts and 12 consonant parts, we can conclude that there are more consonants in the word.
To determine whether there are more vowels or consonants in a word with a given ratio, you first need to understand the ratio itself. In this case, the ratio of vowels to consonants is 5 to 7.
To calculate the number of vowels and consonants in the word, we need to assign variables to represent them. Let's say the number of vowels is represented by V and the number of consonants by C.
According to the given ratio, the number of vowels divided by the number of consonants is 5/7. We can express this as the equation:
V/C = 5/7
To find out whether there are more vowels or consonants, we need to compare the actual values of V and C.
Considering the given ratio, we can solve for the value of V in terms of C by multiplying both sides of the equation by C:
V = (5/7)C
Now, let's consider some possible values for C and then calculate the corresponding value of V using the equation.
Let's assume there are 7 consonants in the word:
V = (5/7) x 7
V = 5
With 7 consonants and 5 vowels, we can see that there are more consonants in this case.
Now, let's consider a different scenario where there are 7 vowels:
V = (5/7) x 7
V = 5
Again, we find that there are more vowels.
So, based on the given ratio, regardless of the specific values of vowels and consonants, the word will always have more consonants. Therefore, in a word with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 5 to 7, there are more consonants.