A large bag of berries contains blueberries and raspberries. The ratio of blueberries to raspberries is 3 to 5. How many blueberries are in the bag if there are 120 raspberries?…

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Ashish Chaturvedi · Answer 1 · 2020-10-27T08:48:29+0000

Answer:

72 blueberries

Explanation:

You would write out the equation:

x / 3 = 120 / 5

When you cross multiple you get:

360 = 5x

Then solve for x and you get x = 72