Samira sells newspapers at Janpath crossing daily. On a particular day, she had 312 newspapers out of which 216 are in English and remaining in Hindi. Find the ratio of
(a) the number of English newspapers to the number of Hindi newspapers.
(b) the number of Hindi newspapers to the total number of newspapers.
Total newspapers = 312
English newspapers = 216
Hindi newspapers = Total newspapers - English newspapers
⇒ Hindi newspapers = 312 – 216 = 96
(a) ratio of number of English newspapers to the number of Hindi newspapers = 
⇒ ratio = 
Divide numerator and denominator by 3 gives
⇒ ratio = 
Divide numerator and denominator by 8 gives
⇒ ratio = 
Therefore, ratio of number of English newspapers to the number of Hindi newspapers is 9:4
(b) ratio of number of Hindi newspapers to the total number of newspapers = 
⇒ ratio = 
Divide numerator and denominator by 3 gives
⇒ ratio = 
Divide numerator and denominator by 8 gives
⇒ ratio = 
Therefore, ratio of number of Hindi newspapers to the total number of newspapers is 4:13