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If 8 out of 10 dentists approve a certain brand of toothpaste, what is the ratio of dentist who approve the toothpaste to those who do not, given in simplified form?

If 8 out of 10 dentists approve a certain brand of toothpaste, what is the ratio of dentist who approve the toothpaste to those who do not, given in simplified form?
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If 8 out of 10 dentists approve a certain brand of toothpaste, what is the ratio of dentist who approve the toothpaste to those who do not, given in simplified form?

User Taher Chhabrawala
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That would be 8:2

Simplest form is 4:1.
User Jung Rhew
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4:1 since 8 dentists approve and 2 do not, and 8:2 can be simplified by dividing out 2 to get 4:1.
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