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Luna has 39 coins in her coin collection. 7 of the coins are gold and the rest are silver. What is the ratio of the number of gold coins to the total number of coins?

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Luna has 39 coins in her coin collection. 7 of the coins are gold and the rest are silver. What is the ratio of the number of gold coins to the total number of coins?

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The ratio of the number of gold coins to the total number of coins can be calculated as follows:

Step 1: Identify the total number of coins and the number of gold coins. In this case, Luna has 39 coins in total and 7 of them are gold.

Step 2: The ratio is then the number of gold coins to the total number of coins, which is 7 to 39.

So, the ratio of the number of gold coins to the total number of coins is 7:39.

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