⅔ = 8⁄₁₂ Yes or No? Are they Equivalent?

Issof claims that the scale factor is 1/2. which statement about his claim is correct

Amira is painting a rectangular banner 2 1/4 yards wide. the banner will have a blue background. amira has enough paint to cover 1 1/2 square yards of the wall. the school colors are blue and yellow, so amira wants to add yellow rectangles on the left and right sides of the blue rectangle. the yellow rectangles will each be 3/4 yards wide and the same height as the blue rectangle. what will be the total area of the two yellow rectangles?

Jake bakes and sell apple pies. he sells each pie for $5.75 . the materials to make the pies cost $40. the boxes jake puts the pies in cost & 12.50 total. how many pies does jake need to sell to earn a profit of $50