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A teacher buys packs of notebooks to give to his students. The ratio of gold notebooks to red notebooks is represented in the tape diagram.

Gold:5
Red:3

Based on the ratio, what is the number of gold notebooks when there are 24 red notebooks?

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Answer:

40 NTB

Explanation:

User Nar Gar
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Answer: 40 notebooks.

Explanation:

5/3=x/24.

Cross multiply, you now have 120=3x.

Divide both sides by 3,

X=40 gold notebooks.

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