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Amelia has 120 ten-dollar bills and 75 twenty-dollar bills. What is the ratio of ten-dollar bills to twenty-dollar bills

Simplify your answer.
Enter your answer as a fraction.


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Answer:

8 : 5 or 8/5

Explanation:

starts as 120 : 75

divide both by 5

= 24 : 15

divide both by 3

= 8 : 5 or 8/5

you just need to get them down to the smallest they can. in this case it is 8 and 5. for every 8 $10 bills there are, you have 5 $20 bills.

User Vladernn
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Answer:

24/15

Explanation:

120 : 75 =

120/5 : 75/5 =

24 : 15 =

24/15

User Mdziekon
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