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the ratio of stars to stripes is 50 to 13. If there were 400 stars in the parade, how many stripes were there?
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the ratio of stars to stripes is 50 to 13. If there were 400 stars in the parade, how many stripes were there?

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I believe it's 104. You would set it up as a fraction so:
50/13 and 400/x.
Then you would cross multiply so 13x400 is 5,200. So this divided by 50 = 104. Hope I helped!

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