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Here are 12 boys and 8 girls in a class. If 2 more girls join the class, what is the new ratio for the number of boys to the number of girls in the class?
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Here are 12 boys and 8 girls in a class.

If 2 more girls join the class, what is
the new ratio for the number of boys to
the number of girls in the class?

User Braden Steffaniak
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6:5 can also be a simplified ratio, if it is asking!!
User Jonathan Dursi
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The answer is 12:10 because we added 2 girl to 8 which is 10 and we we have our quantity of boys 12 so the answer is 12:10
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