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At a pet store, the ratio of female birds to male birds was 85

Write a sentence explaining what this means.​

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The statement "the ratio of female birds to male birds was 85" means that for every 85 female birds at the pet store, there was 1 male bird. The ratio is typically written as "85:1" or "85/1" to show the comparison between the number of female birds and male birds.

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