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There are 15 girls and 10 boys in a 5th grade class. What is the ratio of girls to boys? Write this as a simplified fraction :​

3/2 unsimplified answer is 15/10​

wright step by step how i got the answer above

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Explanation:

15 + 10 = 25 people

15 are girls and 10 are boys and that makes 15/10 ratio.

15/10 divided by 5 each is 15/5=3 and 10/5=2 which gets you a simplified fraction of

3/2

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