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The ratio of people who walk home from school to people who ride the bus home is 2 : 7.

The number of bus riders is how many times the number of walkers?

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It is 3.5 because I just did the problem and answered 3.5 and it said that it was correct
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The number of bus riders divided by the number of walkers is 7/2 = 3.5.

The number of bus riders is 3.5 times the number of walkers.
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