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a movie theater has 24 screens. the ratio of action films to other films is 1:2 in the summer. how many action films are shown?
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a movie theater has 24 screens. the ratio of action films to other films is 1:2 in the summer. how many action films are shown?

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12 action films are shown.
This is because if the ratio is 1:2, that means that exactly half of the total amount of movies are action. Thus, to evaluate this problem, you would find half of 24.

24 / 2 = 12
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