Ratios

Isabel and Sophia share a bag of 42 sweets. Isabel has 16 sweets. Find the ratio of Sophia's sweets to Isabel's sweets, giving your answer in simplest form

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Sophia has 42 - 16 = 26 sweets.
The ratio of Sophia's sweets to Isabel's sweets is 26:16 or 13:8 in simplest form by dividing both sides by 2.