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6 Silas lost 11 pounds in a year after joining the basketball team and now

weighs 88 pounds. Find the ratio of his current weight to his weight before
he joined the basketball team. Express the ratio in simplest form.

User Snehatilak
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Answer:

8:9

Step-by-step explanation: Add 88+11 to get his weight before=99 Pounds. Then you put together the ratio. 88:99.

The GCF for those numbers would be 11, so divide them both by 11, to get a final answer of 8:9

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