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At lunchtime , 9 people at a restaurant ordered a hamburger and 24 people ordered chicken sandwiches. What is the ratio of people who ordered hamburgers to people who ordered chicken sandwiches?
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At lunchtime , 9 people at a restaurant ordered a hamburger and 24 people ordered chicken sandwiches. What is the ratio of people who ordered hamburgers to people who ordered chicken sandwiches?

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Hamburgers : Chicken Sandwiches
9 : 24

Divide it by 3:
3:8

Answer: 3:8
User Paranoid
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The ratio is
9:24
then you simplify
3:8

So, the ratio of those who ordered hamburger to those who ordered sandwiches is 3:8.
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