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A town in america has 2400 families and 4200 cars. What is the family : cars ratio? ​

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Answer:

4 : 7

Explanation:

family : car = 2400 : 4200

Simplify by dividing both by 100 ⇒ 24 : 42

Simplify again by dividing both by 6 ⇒ 4 : 7

Cannot be further simplified as 7 is a prime number

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