Question 63

Samira sells newspapers at Janpath crossing daily. On a particular day, she had 312 newspapers out of which 216 were in English and remaining in Hindi. Find the ratio of

a) The number of English newspapers to the number of Hindi newspapers.

b) The number of Hindi newspapers to the total number of newspapers.

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Solution

Given, total newspapers = 312
English newspapers = 216
$∴$ Hindi newspapers = Total number of newspapers - Newspapers in English = 312 - 216 = 96

a) Ratio of number of English newspapers to number of Hindi newspapers

= $\frac{Number of English newspaper}{Number of Hindi newspaper}$

= $\frac{216}{96}$
= $\frac{9}{4} = 9 : 4$ [on dividing numerator and denominator by 24]

b) Ratio of number of Hindi newspapers to the total number of newspapers

= $\frac{Number of Hindi newspaper}{Total number of newspaper}$

= $\frac{96}{312}$
= $\frac{4}{13} = 4 : 13$ [on dividing numerator and denominators by 24]

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