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In a school, the ratio of soccer players to volleyball players is 4 : 1. The number of soccer players is how many times the number of volleyball players?

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Your question appears to be phrased incorrectly. If the ratio of soccer players to football players is 4:1 then for every 1 football player there are 4 soccer players. For example, if there are 3 football players, there would be 12 soccer players.

The equivalent expression would be S = 4F

The statement: "there are 4 more soccer players than football players" is not the same thing. It simply means that we add 4 to the total of football players to find out how many soccer players there are.

The equivalent expression would be S = F + 4

That being said: An equivalent ratio to 4:1 would be 8:2 , 12:3, 16:4, ...

Think of the ratio as a fraction. 4:1 = 4/1

4/1 = 8/2 = 12/3 = 16/4 ..., etc.

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