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RATES AND RATIOS

In a package of Milk Chocolate M&M's, the ratio of blue to orange M&M's is 6:5. If there are 24 blue and orange M&M's in the package, about how many orange M&M's are there?

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Blue to orange
6 : 5
24 : x


24 / 6 = 4 \\ 5 * 4 = 20

There are 20 orange M&M's.

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