Simon used 3 pears and 9 apples to make a fruit salad. what was the ratio of the number of pears to the number of apples in the fruit salad ?

Step-by-step explanation:

3 pears, 9 apples

the ratio of pears to apples is 3:9 which reduces to 1:3

now if it wanted the ratio of apples to pears, it would be 9:3 which reduces to 3:1

pay close attention to the way it is worded

distance covered by pamela in 9 l of fuel = 99km

let us apply unitary method here.

distance covered by pamela in 1 l of fuel =99/9 =11 km

now let us find distance covered by pamela if she has 12 l of fuel.

distance covered in 12 l = distance covered in 1 l of fuel * 12

we know that distance covered by here in 1 l is 11 km.

so distance covered in 12 l of fuel = 11*12 = 132 km.