In a class of 29 males and females there are 12 females. Write the ratio of males to females. Solve. Express each ratio as a fraction reduced to lowest terms.
29/12
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To find the ratio of males to females, we need to determine the number of males and females in the class.
Given that there are 29 students in total and 12 of them are females, we can subtract the number of females from the total to find the number of males:
Number of males = Total number of students - Number of females = 29 - 12 = 17
Therefore, there are 17 males and 12 females.
To express the ratio of males to females as a fraction reduced to lowest terms, we can write it as:
Males : Females = 17 : 12
To reduce this ratio to its lowest terms, we divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor (GCD). In this case, the GCD of 17 and 12 is 1, as they are relatively prime.
Thus, the ratio in its simplified form is:
17 : 12 (no further reduction is possible)