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2 tigers for every bear. What is the ratio of tigers to bears?

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Answer:

2:1

Explanation:

So, let's say we have two tigers and one bear. If we want to talk about how many tigers we have compared to how many bears we have, we can say "the ratio of tigers to bears is 2 to 1."

What this means is that for every two tigers we have, we have one bear. So if we had four tigers, we would expect to have two bears, because we have two sets of two tigers each, and each set of two tigers corresponds (to be similar to something else) to one bear.

A ratio is just a way of comparing two things, like tigers and bears, by describing how much of one thing there is compared to the other thing. So when we say the ratio of tigers to bears is 2 to 1, we're saying that we have twice as many tigers as we do bears.

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