in a bag there are 2 red buttons, 3 green buttons, and 4 purple buttons. A student writes the ratio for the number of purple buttons to green buttons as 3:4 . Is this student correct? Explain why or why not.
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No, the student is not correct. The student states that the ratio of purple buttons to green buttons is 3:4. However, in the bag there are actually 4 purple buttons and 3 green buttons, so the correct ratio is 4:3.