Write a recursive function for the sequence 1,-2,-5,-

Agarden consists of an apple tree, a pear tree, cauliflowers, and heads of cabbage. there are 40 vegetables in the garden. 24 of them are cauliflowers. what is the ratio of the number of cauliflowers to the number of heads of cabbage?

X/y + 4y/x divided by x/y - 2y/x explain as in depth as you can how you simplfied the fractions. i don't know where to start on this : /

What adds to be the bottom number but also multiplies to be the top number with 8 on the bottom and 15 on top