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in my fish tank the ratio of the redfish to bluefish is 3:5 there are 20 bluefish how many red fish are there

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Let x be the number of red fish
3:5 = x:20
3/5 = x/20
(Cross method)
5x = 60
x =12

There are 12 red fish in the fish tank.
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