Wonder waves aquarium just opened a new tropics wing, with a large main tank and a small observation tank. there are 75 fish in the large tank, 25 of which are angelfish. there are 25 fish in the small tank, 5 of which are angelfish. do the tanks have the same ratio of angelfish to total fish?

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Answer:

No, the ratio is not the same.

Step-by-step explanation:

75 total (large tank) / 25 total (small tank) = 3

25 angelfish (large tank) / 5 angelfish (small tank) = 5

The ratio of angelfish to total fish is not the same. When we scale up from the small tank to large tank in terms of total fish, we have a factor of 3. However, when we scale up from the small tank to large tank in terms of angelfish, we have a factor of 5. For the ratio to be the same, these factors would need to be identical.