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In a box of 36 pencils, 20 are sharpened. What is the ratio of sharpened pencils to unsharpened pencils?

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5:4 your welcome ttmer

Answer

Find out the ratio of sharpened pencils to unsharpened pencils .

To proof

As given

In a box of 36 pencils, 20 are sharpened

Number of unsharpened pencil = 36 -20

                                                     = 16

Now find out the ratio of sharpened pencils to unsharpened pencils .

[tex]\frac{sharpened\ pencil}{unsharpened\ pencil} = \frac{20}{16}[/tex]

simplify

[tex]\frac{sharpened\ pencil}{unsharpened\ pencil} = \frac{5}{4}[/tex]

Therefore the ratio of sharpened pencils to unsharpened pencils is 5 :4 .

Hence proved

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