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there are 72 marbles in a box. 4/8 of them are red and the rest are blue. How many blue marbles are there.

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It is half and half, do there are 36 of each marble, meaning that your answer is 36. All you have to do is divide 72/2 in this scenario.

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There are 36 blue marbles!

User Vitalii Malyi
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