Advanced MathVery hardChaining two ratios
Advanced Math practice question
If a/b = 4 and b/c = 3, where b and c are nonzero, what is the value of a/c?
Answer: 12
a/c = (a/b)(b/c) = 4 × 3 = 12.
Common wrong answers
- If you answered 7
- 7 adds the ratios.
- If you answered 1.33
- 1.33 divides them.
- If you answered 0.083
- 0.083 inverts the answer.
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