Christian has a collection of 18 shark teeth. He identified them as 6 tiger shark teeth, 8 sand shark teeth, and the rest as bull shark teeth. What does the ratio 4:18 represent in this situation? Explain your reasoning. Include a model in your explanation. how are part-to-part ratios different from part-to-whole ratios

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Answer:

4:18 demonstrates 'bull shark teeth' to 'total collection'.

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18:18 is ratio of 'collection' to 'collected'.

6:18 is ratio of tiger to collection.

8:18 sand shark teeth to collection

6+8 =14 tiger and sand total

18-14=4 = 4:18 bull shark teeth ratio to collection.

We can also label ratio numbers as 4:18 = b:c

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