Jenna saves $3 for every $13 dollars she earns. Vanessa saves $6 for every $16 she earns. Is Jenna's ratio of money saved to money earned equivalent to Vanessa's ratio of money saved to money earned?

Respuesta :

We have been given that Jenna saves $3 for every $13 dollars she earns. Vanessa saves $6 for every $16 she earns.

We can compare the ratios of saved money to earned money by Jenna and Vanessa as:

[tex]\frac{3}{13} =\frac{6}{16}[/tex]    

Let us simplify our equation.

[tex]0.2307692307692308=0.375[/tex]    

We can see that [tex]0.231\neq 0.375[/tex] , therefore, Jenna's ratio of money saved to money earned is not equivalent to Vanessa's ratio of money saved to money earned.