Answer: The required ratio is 4 : 7.
Step-by-step explanation: Given that chickens sometimes eat vegetables and fruits.
A farmer likes to give the chickens apples to share and he observes that 4 chickens eat 7 apples.
We are to find the ratio of the number of chickens to apples.
Let c and a represents the number of chickens and apples respectively.
Then, we have
c = 4 and a = 7.
Therefore, the ratio of the number of chickens to apples is given by
\(c:a=\dfrac{c}{a}=\dfrac{4}{7}=4:7.\)
Thus, the required ratio is 4 : 7.
