document.write( "Question 960149: Please if someone could help me.
\n" ); document.write( "I really don't understand how this problem comes out to be: 17 to 57.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One group (A) contains 136 people. One-fourth of the people in group A will be selected to win free tickets to a concert. There is another group (B) in a nearby town that will receive the same number of tickets, but there are 376 people in that group. What will be the ratio of non-winners in group A to non-winners in group B after the selections are made? Reduce your answer.\r
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Total winners in A: \"136%2F4=34\"
\n" ); document.write( "Total non-winners in A : \"%283%2F4%29136=102\"
\n" ); document.write( "Total non-winners in B : \"376-34=342\"
\n" ); document.write( "So the ratio is,
\n" ); document.write( "\"102%2F342=17%2F57\"
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