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The United states won 63 gold medals at the olympics. 12 of those were in Swimming. Write an equation to express how many medals were won in sports other than Swimming.
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The United states won 63 gold medals at the olympics. 12 of those were in Swimming. Write an equation to express how many medals were won in sports other than Swimming.

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12/63 = 4/21 (0.19)

So, we now know swimming represented 4 out of 21 of the medals won at the Olympics. So this means you can realize the answer to the equation would be 17/21 (0.81).
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