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CEMC Gauss (Grade 7), 2010

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

A bag contains green mints and red mints only. If 75% of the mints are green, what is the ratio of the number of green mints to the number of red mints?

(A) $3:4$ (B) $3:1$ (C) $4:3$ (D) $1:3$ (E) $3:7$

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