Sams car traveled 120 miles on 9 gallons of gasoline. which fraction expresses the ratio of miles to gasoline ? 1) 4/3 2) 3/40 3) 3/14 4) 40/3

Choice 4.) 40/3

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the fraction that expresses the ration of miles to gasoline We must find a number that both numbers can be divided by equally to simplify the fraction.

In this case the number 3 gets the job done.

120 ÷ 3 = 40

9 ÷ 3 = 3

So our ration of miles to gasoline is 40/3

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for ex: the reciprocal of 3/4 is 4/3. it is the opposite.

reciprocal definition:

a mathematical expression or function so related to another that their product is one; the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity.

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