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Calculate the required ratios and write them using the least possible counting numbers, in these problems. Of two pencils, the shorter is of length 6 centimetres and the longer, 9 centimetres. What is the ratio of the lengths of the shorter and the longer pencils?

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Length of the shorter pencil `=6` centimetres Length of the larger pencil `=9` centimetres Ratio of the lengths of the shorter and the longer pencils . `` =6: 9=2: 3 ``
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