Miss siegel’s class has 18 girls and 12 boys. What is the ratio of girls to boys?

3:2

Step-by-step explanation:

girls: boys

18    : 12

Divide each side by 6

18/6 :  12/6

3   : 2

18 girls to 12 boys

Step-by-step explanation: We can write a ratio using the word "to", using a colon, or using a fraction bar.

Let's write the ratio using the word "to."

Since there are 18 girls and 12 boys,

we can write this as 18 girls to 12 boys.

So this would be our answer.

However, this can be reduced to 3 girls to 4 boys.

, and

for

step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

, and for

he can buy 4lbs. of live bait and 1lbs of natural bait

step-by-step explanation: