There are many ratios that form a proportion 5/7. For instance:
5/7 = 10/14
So any ratio that forms a proportion with 5 over 7 is 5k1/(7k2) where k1 = k2, and k1, k2 are any real values.
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6/5, as a ratio, cannot be simplified.
You can't answer a ratio but you can put numbers in ratio form like the numbers 5 and 2. This is how you put those numbers in ratio form,5:2, 5 to 2, or 5 over 2. The reason you put the 5 in front of the 2 is because, the the question asked 5 and 2 not 2 and 5.
It is equivalent to 1/5 as a fraction in its simplest form
2 to 5
2.5 = 5/2. Therefore, 2.5 in ratio form will be 5 : 2.