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There are 35 boys in the sixth grade. The number of girls in the sixth grade is 42. Lonnie says that means the ratio of the number of boys in the sixth grade to the number of girls in the sixth grade is 5: 7. Is Lonnie correct?

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lonnie is incorrect. this is because 7 x 7 equals 49 and not 42.
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