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A class has 6 boys and 14 girls. What is the ratio in simplest form that compares number of boys to total number of students?

User Ura
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The answer is 3/10

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User Rake
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Steps:
1. Find the total number of students by doing
14 + 6= 20
2. Now make your ratio
6:20
3. To make it in simplest form, divide both sides by 2
6 divided by 2 is 3
20 divided by 2 is 10
4. Your answer is
3:10
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