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the ratio of black bags to blue bags is 5 to 3.if thereare a total of 10 bags,how many blue bags are there??​

User Confiance
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Answer: 6

Explanation:

If the ratio is 5 to 3 then the numbers can be represented as 5x and 3x for some multiplier x. So 5x =10 and, solving, the multiplier is 2. So the number of blue bags is 3 times 2, or 6.

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