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Pam and her sister have a pattern of saving money. Pam saved 40 dollars and her brother saved 100 dollars.

Pam says that this means that for every 2 dollars she saves, her brothers saves 5. Is she correct? Show and explain your thinking

User Talib
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Oct 25, 2016 — Pam and her brother both open savings accounts. each begin with a balance of $0. For every $2 is that Pam saves in her account her brother ...

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User Celestina
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true

Explanation:

Pam saved 40

her bro saves 100

let us take this as ration 40 is to 100 which can also be written in fractional for like 40/100 now we simplify it how by dividing both by 20 so (40/20)/(100/20) which will give 2/5 which can be written as 2 is to 5 so this is true

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