At a birthday party, there are refreshments available. At one table, there are 13 lemonades, 14 bottles of water, and 12 boxes of orange juice. What is the whole-to-part ratio for the total refreshments to boxes of orange juice written as a fraction? Responses 3912 39 over 12 - no response given 1439 14 over 39 - no response given 1239 12 over 39 - no response given 3913 39 over 13 - no response given

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To find the whole-to-part ratio for the total refreshments to boxes of orange juice, we first need to calculate the total number of refreshments.

Total refreshments = number of lemonades + number of bottles of water + number of boxes of orange juice.

Total refreshments = 13 (lemonades) + 14 (water) + 12 (orange juice) = 39.

Now, the whole-to-part ratio (total refreshments to boxes of orange juice) is given by the fraction of total refreshments to the number of boxes of orange juice.

This can be expressed as:

\[ \text{Whole-to-part ratio} = \frac{\text{Total refreshments}}{\text{Boxes of orange juice}} = \frac{39}{12}. \]

So the answer is \( \frac{39}{12} \).