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julian is mixing drops of food coloring to create green frosting for a cake he uses 18 drops of yellow dye and 12 drops of blue dye find the ratio of drops of blue dye to total drops of dye express as a SIMPLIFIED RATIO

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so the ratio is 18:12. you just divide each number down as much as you can so for this they are both divisible by 6 giving you a ratio of 3:2

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