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OpenStudy (anonymous):

At a quiz competition, for every question team A answered correctly, team B answered 2 questions correctly. The ratio of the number of questions team A answered correctly to the number of questions team B answered correctly is ____.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@AaronAndyson

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Missiey

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@MAEMAEHOCKEY

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@ganeshie8

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

look at below phrase in the question `for every question team A answered correctly, team B answered 2 questions correctly.`

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so how many questons have team a answerd correctly

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

suppose team A had answered \(10\) questions correctly, then how many questions did team B answer correctly ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

12

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No, 20

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so is it 2to 2

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

Yes, team B is answering twice as many correct answers as team A so the ratio should be 1 to 2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

we may write it as \(\dfrac{1}{2}\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\(1 : 2\) is also fine

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