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26 June, 15:52

Fifty students were eating lunch in the school cafeteria. The ratio of boys to girls was 25:25. Mrs. White asked Kym to explain what that ratio meant. Kym said it meant that 25% of the students in the cafeteria were boys. Explain why Kym is incorrect.

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  1. 26 June, 18:40
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    The answer is incorrect because 25:25 reduced would be 1:1 meaning that for every one boy, there is one girl, If there are 25 girls and 25 boys, then you have a total of 50 children. 25 out of 50 is 50% not 25%
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