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The ratio of sharpened pencils to unsharpened pencils in a drawer is 1:3. What is the ratio of unsharpened pencils to total pencils. Explain how you found your answer
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The ratio of sharpened pencils to unsharpened pencils in a drawer is 1:3. What is the ratio of unsharpened pencils to total pencils. Explain how you found your answer

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sharpened to un-sharpened is 1:3.....this is saying for 1 sharpened, there is 3 un-sharpened....total of 4 pencils

so the ratio of un-sharpened to total pencils is : 3:4
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