How can a ratio be like a fraction? How can it be different from a fraction?

In triangle abc segment de is parallel to the side ac . (the endpoints of segment de lie on the sides ab and bc respectively). find de, if ac=20cm, ab=17cm, and bd=11.9cm;

Igor stravinsky tires sells approximately 3,760,000 car tires and 1,200,000 truck tires each year. about 47,000,000 care tires and 26,000,00 truck tires are sold each year in the united states. what is stravinsky's market share in each of these two markets (cars and trucks)?

Trent wants to buy 2 packs of trading cards for 3 dollars each. the trading card packs that trent normally buys tend to come in packs of 6, 10, 12, or 15 cards. after selecting 2 packs, trent found that the first pack of cards cost 25 cents per card, and the second pack cost 30 cents per card. trent uses this information to write the equations below in order to compare c, the number of cards in each pack.