James has 6 stamps in his stamp collection. roy has 12 stamps in his stamp collection. james adds 2 stamps to his stamp collection. after james adds these stamps, what is the ratio of the number of stamps in james's collection to the number of stamps in roy’s collection?

answer: the answer is one of

step-by-step explanation:   we are given to write a proper fraction where the whole is divided into an even number of equal parts less than ten, and an odd number of those parts exist.

an even number less than 10 may be one of 2, 4, 6 or 8. so, the whole may be one of these four evens.

now, an odd number of these parts must exist, so the numerator must be an odd number, one of 1, 3, 5 or 7. it cannot be 9 because then the fraction will become improper.

thus, our fraction may be one of the following

the answer is a

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