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Alexis has 36 marbles he gives 1/9 of marbles away to Sara. How may marbles did Sara have

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Hello there.

Alexis has 36 marbles he gives 1/9 of marbles away to Sara. How many marbles did Sara have?

Answer: Just simply divide 36 by the denominator.
36/9 = 4.
If the numerator was above one then you would have had to multiply by that.
However, in this case it is not required to do so.

In short, Your answer is Sara has 4 marbles.

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User Farzin Zaker
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1/9 of total marbles = 1/9 × 36 = 4
so Alexis gave 4 marbles to Sara.
And so Alexis is left behind with 32 (36-4) marbles and so Sara have 4 marbles now
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