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There are 42 female performers in a dance recital. The ratio of men to women is 2:3. How many men are in the dance recital

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28

Step-by-step explanation: This should be 28. 42 divided by 3 is 14. Why would you divide it by 3? Because the full ratio is 2:3. So 42 divided by 3 is 14. Then you add fourteen twice, for the two in the ratio. Fourteen plus fourteen is 28.

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