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A vendor sold 64 hot during a football game . If the ratio of hot dogs to hamburgers sold was 8:1 , how many hamburgers did the vendor sell?

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8 hamburgers.

Explanation: I took the 64 hot dogs and divided with the ratio number of hot dogs, which I got 8. Then, I took the 8, which is the unit, and multiplied it by 8, and 1Ă—8 equals to 8, and that's how I got my answer.

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