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Example: |
What is the ratio of books to magazines if there are 4 times as many books as there
are magazines?
As a fraction:
Using a colon:
4 : 1 or 4x : 1x
The ratio is 4 to 1, so for every 4 books there is 1 magazine. If there are
100 books, (or 25 x 4 books), then there are 25 magazines, (25 x 1 magazines).
There will always be 4 times as many books as there are magazines.
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