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document.write( "The ratio of the number of formidable contestants to the number who were lackluster was 7 to 2. If there were 45,000 contestants, how many were formidable? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "7+2 = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45000/9 = 5000<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7*5000 = 35000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*5000 = 10000<BR>\n" );
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