What is Definition of Increasing and Decreasing?

increase would mean that something is going up, decrease would mean something is going down.

Step-by-step explanation:

If you gain money, youre increasing in money

if you lose money, youre decreasing in money

increasing the values are going up (so positive)

Decreasing the values go down (negative)

Step-by-step explanation:

-2 decreases as goes down in value

the ratio of white tiles to blue tiles is 48: 16. the ratio in it's simplest form is 3: 1.

step-by-step explanation:

ratio: take the first number and add a colon next to it, then add the second number after that. make sure the ratio order matches up with the written problem!

simplest form: we can simplify the ratio 48 : 16 by dividing both terms by the greatest common factor (gcf).

the gcf of 48 and 16 is 16.

divide both terms by 16:

48 ÷ 16 = 3

16 ÷ 16 = 1

reducing to simplest form:

48 : 16 = 3 : 1

30

step-by-step explanation:

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