Over the summer, jeff read 2 novels, 12 essays, and 4 short stories. what is the ratio of the number of novels he read to the total number of works he read?

The ratio will be 1:9

EXPLANATION

The given ratio was

Novels:Essays:Short stories = 2:12:4

Adding all the ratios will give the number that corresponds to the total works she read.

Total ratio is

The required ratio, which is the ratio of Novels to total works read is given by,

We can divide each term in the ratio by 2 to obtain,

Therefore the ratio of Novels to total books read is 1:9.

there are many solutions.

step-by-step explanation:

step 1: simplify both sides of the equation.

4x+6=4x^2+10x−4

step 2: subtract 4x^2+10x-4 from both sides.

4x+6−(4x^2+10x−4)=4x^2+10x−4−(4x^2+10x−4)

−4x^2−6x+10=0

step 3: factor left side of equation.

−2(2x+5)(x−1)=0

step 4: set factors equal to 0.

x=-5/2 or x=1

there are infinitely many solutions.