SOLUTION: there is a box of pens and pencils 64 percent are pens. what is the ratio of pens to pencils written in a fraction

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Question 1087192: there is a box of pens and pencils 64 percent are pens. what is the ratio of pens to pencils written in a fraction
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The percentage of pens is 64%.


Hence, the percentage of pencils is 100% - 64% = 36%.


The ratio of pens to pencils is  %28%2864%2F100%29%29%2F%28%2836%2F100%29%29 = 64%2F36 = 16%2F9.

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