Are these ratios equivalent?
88 newspapers every 74 weeks
51 newspapers every 76 weeks
To determine if the ratios are equivalent, we can simplify each ratio by dividing the number of newspapers by the number of weeks to find the rate in the form of "newspapers per week." Let's do that for each ratio:
First ratio:
88 newspapers every 74 weeks
Rate = 88 / 74 = 1.189189... newspapers per week
Second ratio:
51 newspapers every 76 weeks
Rate = 51 / 76 = 0.67105263... newspapers per week
Since the two rates are not the same (1.189189... ≠ 0.67105263...), the ratios are not equivalent.