find the number that makes the ratio equivalent to 50:60. 5: \\boxed{} …

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find the number that makes the ratio equivalent to 50:60. 5: \boxed{} submit

To get from 50 to 5, we divide by 10. So the scale factor is $\frac{5}{50}=\frac{1}{10}$.

We apply the same scale factor to 60. So we calculate $60\times\frac{1}{10}=6$.

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