document.write( "Question 957384: what is the ratio,if there are 45 students,33 girls 12 boys
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document.write( "The unsimplified ratio is \"33 girls to 12 boys\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "32 girls to 12 boys\r\n" );
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document.write( "The ratio is \"32 to 12\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "But that is not simplified, because\r\n" );
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document.write( "both 32 and 12 can be divided by 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Dividing 32 by 4 give 8\r\n" );
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document.write( "Dividing 12 by 4 gives 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the simplified ratio is \r\n" );
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document.write( "8 to 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "8 : 3\r\n" );
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