SOLUTION: Ben has a collection of 15 coins in quarters and dimes. There are 7 quarters in the collection. Describe a ratio in words about the coins that compares the whole coin collection to

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Question 1145031: Ben has a collection of 15 coins in quarters and dimes. There are 7 quarters in the collection. Describe a ratio in words about the coins that compares the whole coin collection to one part of it. Then write the ratio in at least two different ways.
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7 quarters means 8 dimes.

Quarters to dimes, 7:8
Dimes to quarters, 8:7

Quarters to total, 7:15
Dimes to total , 8:15