Michelle has 37 coins in her coin collection. 13 of the coins are gold and the rest are silver. What is the ratio of the number of gold coins to the number of silver coins?

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To find the ratio of the number of gold coins to the number of silver coins, we first need to determine how many silver coins Michelle has.

Michelle has a total of 37 coins, and 13 of them are gold. Therefore, the number of silver coins can be calculated as follows:

\[ \text{Number of silver coins} = \text{Total coins} - \text{Number of gold coins} \] \[ \text{Number of silver coins} = 37 - 13 = 24 \]

Now, we can express the ratio of the number of gold coins to the number of silver coins:

\[ \text{Ratio of gold coins to silver coins} = \frac{\text{Number of gold coins}}{\text{Number of silver coins}} = \frac{13}{24} \]

Thus, the ratio of the number of gold coins to the number of silver coins is

\[ \boxed{\frac{13}{24}} \]