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A box contains 17 marbles, 13 blue marbles, and 23 white marbles. What is the part-whole ratio of red marbles in the box.
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A box contains 17 marbles, 13 blue marbles, and 23 white marbles. What is the part-whole ratio of red marbles in the box.

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Since the ratio is part-Whole, first you need to find the whole. If you add all of the marble colors together (17+13+23) you get the total marbles (53) in the box. The ratio of red marbles to the total would be 17 to 53.
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