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What is the ratio of pickles to onions? |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | In a bag of candy the ratio of chocolate pieces to sugar pieces was 7:8 . For every   chocolate pieces there are   sugar pieces. |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.    \u003Cbr>9.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | For every 5 cars in a parking lot there are 3 trucks. What is the ratio of cars to trucks in the parking lot? |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.    \u003Cbr>11.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | At the burger shop the ratio of regular sodas sold to diet sodas sold was 8:5 . For every   regular sodas sold there are   diet sodas sold. |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) | At the thift store for every 4 short sleeve shirts there were 3 long sleeve shirts. What is the ratio of long sleeve shirts to short sleeve shirts? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) | In a neighborhood the ratio of old homes to new homes was 8:2 . 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