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Fifty students were eating lunch in the school cafeteria the ratio of boys to girls was 25:25 mrs. White asked him to explain what the ratio met Kim said make that 25% of the students in the cafeteria were boys explain why Kim is incorrect

User Manijak
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Kim is incorrect because the ratio is equal 25:25 therefore Kim is incorrect .


User Roshdy
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Kim is wrong because the answer would be 50 50 since the two numbers are equal. If it was 25%, the other number would be 25 more.

User FelixRabe
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