document.write( "Question 770062: In what ratio must 25 be increased to become 40? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "25 must be increased by 15 to become 40.\r\n" );
document.write( "Ratio of increase means \"by what fraction has 25 increased to become 40\"? So we \r\n" );
document.write( "need to express the increase (15) as a part of 25.\r\n" );
document.write( "15 expressed as a part of 25 = 15/25 = 0.6 = 60%\r\n" );
document.write( "So the ratio of increase is 0.6\r\n" );
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