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An international NGO for homeless people has supplied certain items for ongoing winters to new shelters for homeless people. These consist of different items like blankets, jackets, shoes, socks, and room heaters. The total number of five items distributed in December 2024 was 3300.
- 24% of all items were blankets.
- $\frac{1}{6}$ of all items were jackets.
- 14% of all items were shoes.
- Remaining items were either socks or room heaters.
- The number of room heaters distributed was 100 more than the number of socks distributed.
Find the ratio between the number of room heaters and the number of shoes?

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Solution and Explanation

From previous data:
Number of room heaters = $ 698 + 100 = 798 $
Number of shoes = $ 14% \text{ of } 3300 = 0.14 \times 3300 = 462 $
Now calculate the ratio: $$ \text{Ratio of room heaters to shoes} = \frac{798}{462} $$ Simplify the fraction: $$ \frac{798}{462} = \frac{19}{11} \quad \text{(after dividing both numerator and denominator by 42)} $$ So, the required ratio is: $$ \boxed{\text{(A) 19:11}} $$
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