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Expenditure on sportsExpenditure on sportsHockey: 15%Tennis: 10%Others: 10%Basketball: 12.5%Golf:…

The pie chart gives football 15% and hockey 15% of the total expenditure on sports. Since both shares are of the same total, the ratio is \(15 : 15 = 1 : 1\). A ratio of…

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Expenditure on sportsExpenditure on sportsHockey: 15%Tennis: 10%Others: 10%Basketball: 12.5%Golf: 12.5%Cricket: 25%Football: 15%

The ratio of the total expenditure on football to that of expenditure on hockey is:

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The pie chart gives football 15% and hockey 15% of the total expenditure on sports. Since both shares are of the same total, the ratio is 15:15=1:115 : 15 = 1 : 1. A ratio of 15:1 or 1:15 would need one sport to receive fifteen times the share of the other, which the chart does not show.

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