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A fruit stall has 8 crates of guavas and 20 crates of papayas. Anil wrote 'papayas : guavas = 2 : 5'. What is wrong with his answer?

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  • ANothing is wrong; 2 : 5 is correct
  • BHe did not simplify; it should be 20 : 8
  • CHe reversed the order; it should be 5 : 2
  • DHe compared with the total; it should be 5 : 7

Step-by-Step Solution

Papayas : guavas = 20 : 8 = 5 : 2, but Anil wrote guavas : papayas. Order is part of the meaning of a ratio: 5 : 2 says there are five papaya crates for every two guava crates, while 2 : 5 claims the opposite.
Answer: C) He reversed the order; it should be 5 : 2

Key idea: What a ratio means

The ratio 2 : 3 says: for every 2 of one thing, there are 3 of another. In a fruit basket of 2 apples and 3 oranges, the ratio of apples to oranges is 2 : 3. **Order matters** — the ratio of oranges to apples in the same basket is 3 : 2. The two quantities must be in the same unit (you can't ratio apples to kilograms unless you convert).

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