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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Help pwease! On a certain high school team, the ratio of sophomore to juniors is 2:3, and ratio of juniors to seniors is 5:6. Sophomores are what fraction of the whole team?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@IMStuck @Hero should help they are really good

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

So if you have ratio, what are the different ways you can write it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

?

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

there is more than one way to write a ratio, it can be written as a fraction specifically in this case. Can you write your ratios as fractions please?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2/3 and 5/6?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do i find the Lowest Common Multiple?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

hmmm I thought this was covered in the previous one you did at http://openstudy.com/updates/53f7c33ee4b0ae4669f4fef5 get the "whole" ratio and divide by the "part"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it the same concept?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

yeap

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wait no its not.....

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

go with jdoe, he has a repertoire with you on this

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

still confused ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea i been sittin here tryna figure it out and i came to a conclusion

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i am one dumb mothafu*ker

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ha we all have our stupid times

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

indeed, you can check out my last limit question... I'm a nitwit

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i dont get it still

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

so, want to find the ratio of 10ths to 12ths to start, but to do that you need to find how many tenths there are to 5 juniors

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

sound like a proportion?

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