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A container holds 21 spoons and 27 forks. What is the ratio of spoons to the total number of utensils in the container?

A.
7 to 9

B.
7 to 16

C.
9 to 7

D.
16 to 9

1 Answer

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If there's 21 spoons and 27 forks than there are 48 utensils, and the ratio of spoon to total stilis is 21/48, and if you reduce that it is 7/16. So your answer is B. 7/16.
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