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A teacher had 18 red pens if the ratio of red pens to blue pens she owned was 3:5 how many pens did she have in total

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Answer: 48 pens in total.
Explanation: to find ratio of 2 things is simple. For example here it is says “red pens to blue pens” so that means every 3 red pens = 5 blue pens.
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48 pens in total.

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