Question

25 out of 68 students have vanilla ice cream and the rest have chocolate. What is the ratio of the number of students who have vanilla to the total number of students?

Answer 1

Answer: The total number of students is the sum of the number of students who have vanilla and those who have chocolate:

Total = 25 + (68 - 25) = 43

The ratio of the number of students who have vanilla to the total number of students is:

Vanilla : Total = 25 : 43

This ratio cannot be simplified any further because 25 and 43 do not have any common factors other than 1. Therefore, the ratio of the number of students who have vanilla to the total number of students is:

25 : 43

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