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A sack contains red and blue marbles. the ratio of red marbles to blue marbles is 4:3. if there are 16 red marbles in the sack, how many blue marbles are in the sack?
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A sack contains red and blue marbles. the ratio of red marbles to blue marbles is 4:3. if there are 16 red marbles in the sack, how many blue marbles are in the sack?

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The answer is 12 blue marbles

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if 16 are red 16/4 is 4 so 4×3 is 12 so that is the answer simple proportion
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