Mary picked 36 peaches and 9 pears. carlos picked 24 peaches and 12 pears .who had the greater peaches to pear ratio?

Mary

Step-by-step explanation:

Mary had more peaches then pairs

associative property hopes this ! : )

step-by-step explanation:

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4