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Axul went snorkeling and he noticed that the ratio of parrot fish to clownfish was 4:3. he saw 20 parrot fish how may clownfish did he see?

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As ratio of parrot fish to clownfish is 4:3
which can be expressed as 4x:3x where x is a natural number.
as 4x = 20
so x = 5
so clownfish = 3x = 3*5 = 15
He saw 15 clownfish
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