person(1) has plural( NUM, fruit( 0 ) ) for every plural( DENOM, fruit( 1 ) ). Write the ratio of fruit( 0 )s to fruit( 1 )s as a simplified fraction.
NUM / DENOM
Ratios can be written in a few different ways that mean the same thing.
You can express a ratio with a colon separating the two numbers.
NUM:DENOM
You can write it out as a phrase like this.
NUM \text{ to } DENOM
Or, you can express a ratio as a fraction.
\dfrac{NUM}{DENOM}=fractionReduce( NUM, DENOM )
Therefore, fractionReduce( NUM, DENOM ) is the ratio of fruit( 0 )s to fruit( 1 )s written as a simplified fraction.