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40 of the 42 participants in a triathlon are men and the rest are woman. what is the ratio of the number of woman participating to the total number of participants
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40 of the 42 participants in a triathlon are men and the rest are woman. what is the ratio of the number of woman participating to the total number of participants

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The number of women would be the total number of participants - number of men = 42 - 40 = 2 women

The ratio would be
no. of women : total number of participants
= 2: 42

Which can be simplified as
= 1 : 21
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