At a summer camp 23 of the boys and 17 of the girls can swim. There are 9 boys and 11 girls at the camp who cannot swim.
What is the ratio of the number of children who can swim to the number of children who cannot swim?

$12. that is my answer.

example 2 – simplify: step 1: completely factor both the numerators and denominators of all fractions. step 2: change the division sign to a multiplication sign and flip (or reciprocate) the fraction after the division sign; essential you need to multiply by the reciprocal. step 3 : cancel or reduce the fractions.

the function makes a strait line horizontally with no x intercept but a y intercept at 9.