A hardware store sells 500 nails for £20.
a) Find the values of x and y in the ratios below.
b) Explain what the values of x and y represent.
c) Why might you want to write the ratios in these ways?
500 nails
Nails
TAT
£20
number of nails: cost (p)
1: x
number of nails : cost (£)
y : £1