A rapid transit train has 39 passengers on it as it starts its run. At the first stop 12 passengers get off and 18 passengers get on. What is the ratio of the number of passengers who were on the train as it arrived in the first station to the number who were on the train when it left the first station? Express your answer in lowest terms.
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NO. OF PASSENGERS ON THE TRAIN WHEN IT LEFT FROM THE FIRST STATION = 18+( 39 - 12 )
= 18 + 27
= 45 PASSENGERS
RATIO = 39 PASSENGERS : 45 PASSENGERS
= 39 PASSENGERS / 45 PASSENGERS
= CUT THE UNITS
= 39 / 45
= 13 / 15
= 13: 15
THE ANSWER IS 13 : 15.
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