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In a particular class of 26 students, 13 are men. What fraction of the students in the class are men?

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Answer:

1/2

Explanation:

If there are 13 men, then the ratio of men to the total is 13:26. If you simplify that, it would just be 1:2, so for every 2 students in the class, 1 of those students is a man. This would just be half.

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