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Re:Can 1/3 and 1/3 = 2/6? It seemed so by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @02:58PM (#23315096)
Somewhat aside, but in grade school I recall learning that ratios were written [group-A]:[group-B], not [group-A]:[total]. So the girl-boy ratio at the table would be 1:2. Different for you?
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Re:Can 1/3 and 1/3 = 2/6? It seemed so by saagarjha on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @03:07PM (#23315198)
It really depends on the two things being compared. The ratio of boys to girls is 1:2, but the ratio of boys (implicitly: to the total) is 1:3.
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