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Tom has 15 pencils. 5 of them do not have erasers. which ratio compares the number of pencils without erasers to the number of pencils with erasers?

A. 5:15
B. 5:10
C. 10:5
D. 15:5

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B. 5:10 because 15-5=10 which is the number of pencils with erasers and the 5 left are the amount of pencils which are missing an eraser
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