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Edward had 32 songs on his MP3 player. if he deleted 12 Songs what is the ratio of songs he kept to songs he deleted

User Bearaman
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 5:3 is the simplified answer
User Arpit Srivastava
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To find the ratio of songs he kept to the number he deleted, we need to find the number he kept.

32-12 = 20 songs were kept

20:12

To simplify the ratio, divide both the numerator and the denominator by 2.

The answer would be 10:6
Hope this helps! :)
User Sawant Akshay
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