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Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

If $x$ and $y$ are positive numbers and the average of $4$ , $20$ and $x$ is equal to the average of $y$ and $16$ , then the ratio $x:y$ is

(A) $3:2$ (B) $2:3$ (C) $1:1$ (D) $2:5$ (E) $5:2$

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