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In a bag of blow pops, 3/5 are red. if there are 35 lollipops in the bag,how many are not red

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I think the answer is 14. First, since 3/5 are red, then that mean 2/5 aren't red. Then, you would set up the equation like this
(2)/(5) * (x)/(35) cross multiply
2*35 and
5*x
=5x=70 divide on each side and you will get
x=14
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35 ÷ 5 × 3 = 21 red and 14 not red
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