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Mrs. Rodriquez has 24 students in her class. Ten of the students are boys. Jeff claims that the ratio of boys to girls in this class must be 5:12. What is Jeff’s error and how can he correct it?

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10 are boys therefore 14 are girls and the ratio is 5:7
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