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A box holds 12 cups of cereal. This amount is equivalent to 16 servings. Use a model to show the number of cups of cereal per serving and the number of servings per cup of cerealthis is ratios

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\begin{gathered} x=(12)/(16) \\ =(3)/(4) \end{gathered}
y=(4)/(3)

so,


\begin{gathered} x\colon y\text{ = }(3)/(4)\colon(4)/(3) \\ =9\colon16 \end{gathered}

Hence ratio of the given two relations is 9 : 16

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