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following and propo Out of 250 coins, 50 are in mint condition. What is the ratio of mint condition coins to the total number of coins?​

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Answer is 1:5

Reason:

We have 50 mint condition coins out of 250 total

This forms the ratio 50:250, in which we divide both parts by the GCF 50 to end up with 1:5

The ratio 1:5 tells us that the total is 5 times that of the number of mint condition.

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