Jaleel made three times as many baskets as john during basketball practice, write a ratio of the following description.

Basically john made x baskets
jaleel made 3 times x or 3x baskets

so if Jaleel to John then
3x:1x=3:1
if John to Jaleel then
1x:3x=1:3

the ratio is 1:3 or 3:1 depending on who is on which side