What is the ration of females, 29 words in 114 seconds and males, 36 words in 144 seconds, how many words would each group complete in 40 seconds?”.

Question

What is the ratio of females, 29 words in 114 seconds and males, 36 words in 144 seconds, how many words would each group complete in 40 seconds?”.

Answer 1

Females: 29/114=?/40, so in 40 seconds they would complete about 40×29/114=580/57=about 10 words.

Males: 36/144=?/40, 1/4=?/40, so in 40 seconds they would complete 40/4=10 words.

The ratio of female:male is 580/57:10, which can be written 580:570 by multiplying both quantities by 57.