Question

Ratio of distance of the school from Mary's home to the distance of school from Rita's home is $3:2$, Who lives further from to the school ?

Answer 1

As, ratio of distance of the school from Mary's home to the distance of school from Rita's home is $3:2$,

Mary's home is at $3$ times of the common factor of the ratio where as Rita's home is $2$ time of the common factor of the ratio.

It indicates that Mary's home is at more distance in comparision to Rita's home.

Hence, Mary lives further from the school.