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Tuiton at a certain college recently increased from $4000 to $5000. Find the ratio of the increase in price to the original price.

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The increase is $5000-$4000=$1000. The ratio of this increase to the original price is

$1000
-------- = 1/4 (no units of measurement here)
$4000
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