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A student bought 84 pencils. If he sharpened 35 pencils, what is the ratio of the unsharpened pencils to the sharpened pencils?
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A student bought 84 pencils. If he sharpened 35 pencils, what is the ratio of the unsharpened pencils to the sharpened pencils?

A student bought 84 pencils. If he sharpened 35 pencils, what is the ratio of the-example-1
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Sharpened => 35

Unsharpened => 84-35 = 49

  • 49:35
  • = 7:5

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Answer:

7: 5

Explanation:

unsharpened to sharpened

First we need to determine the number of unsharpened

84 - 35 =49

There are 35 sharpened

49:35

Divide each by 7

49/7 : 35/7

7: 5

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