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Liliana wants to start a seventh-grade computer club at Hamden Middle School. She surveyed 20 seventh-grade students at the town park and asked each student how many hours they spend on their computers each week. She obtained the following results:

[tex]\[8, 15, 0, 11, 12, 13, 16, 13, 0, 4, 17, 14, 30, 13, 5, 12, 1, 13, 12, 21\][/tex]

What is the ratio of the total number of students who used their computers to the total number of students surveyed?

A. [tex]\(\frac{2}{20}\)[/tex] or [tex]\(\frac{1}{10}\)[/tex]

B. [tex]\(\frac{2}{18}\)[/tex] or [tex]\(\frac{1}{9}\)[/tex]

C. [tex]\(\frac{18}{20}\)[/tex] or [tex]\(\frac{9}{10}\)[/tex]

D. [tex]\(\frac{18}{2}\)[/tex] or [tex]\(\frac{9}{1}\)[/tex]

Answer :

To solve the problem, follow these steps:

1. Liliana surveyed a total of [tex]$20$[/tex] students.

2. Each student provided the number of hours they used their computer per week. When reviewing the data, we notice that [tex]$2$[/tex] students reported [tex]$0$[/tex] hours, meaning they did not use their computers at all.

3. Therefore, the number of students who used their computers (hours [tex]$> 0$[/tex]) is calculated by subtracting the non-users from the total number of students:
[tex]$$20 - 2 = 18.$$[/tex]

4. The ratio of the number of students who used their computers to the total number of students is:
[tex]$$\frac{18}{20}.$$[/tex]

5. To simplify [tex]$\frac{18}{20}$[/tex], divide both the numerator and the denominator by the greatest common divisor, which is [tex]$2$[/tex]:
[tex]$$\frac{18 \div 2}{20 \div 2} = \frac{9}{10}.$$[/tex]

Thus, the ratio of the students who used their computers to the total number surveyed is:
[tex]$$\boxed{\frac{9}{10}}.$$[/tex]