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Leon has 3/8 the number of tropical fish that haru has how many times the number of tropical fish Leon has is the number of tropical fish haru has

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Answer: thus haru has 8 tropical fish

Leon has 3 tropical fish 3:8

Explanation:

Let K denote the number of haru 's fish

Leon has 3/8 the number of tropical fish that haru = 3/8K

Ratio of Leon to haru is 3/8K : K

thus 3/8 : 1

thus haru has 8 tropical fish

Leon has 3 tropical fish

User Ana
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let
Haru's number ---> x
Leon's number ---> (3/8)x
so
ratio of
Leon : Haru = (3/8)x : x
= 3/8 : 1
= 3 : 8

the answer is
3 : 8
User Foxxero
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