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In a trivia game, Levi answered 8 questions correctly out of 10 turns in the game. Then, he answered the next 3 questions correctly. He reasoned that because he added 3 the both the total questions and his correct responses, that the ratio of correct answer to total questions remained the same. Is he correct? Justify the answers

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Answer:

He is not correct as the ratios are;

First ratio is 4:5,

Second ratio 11:13

Which are different values

Explanation:

The number of correct questions Levi answered = 8 questions

The number of questions in the game = 10

The ratio of correctly answered questions to total number of questions in the first 10 question is given as follows

Correctly answered questions : Total number of questions = 8:10

Which can be simplified as 8:10 = 8/2:10/2 = 4:5

The number of correct questions Levi answered in the next three turns = 3 questions

The total number of questions attempted by Levi becomes 10 + 3 = 13 questions

The total number of correct answers given by Levi = 8 + 3 = 11 correct answers

The new ratio of correctly answered questions to total number of questions is therefore;

New correctly answered questions : Total number of questions = 11:13.

Therefore, the ratios do not remain the same as 4:5 ≠ 11:13.

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