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There are 36 marbles in a box. 8 of them are blue and the rest are red. What is the ratio of the number of red marbles to the number of blue marbles?
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There are 36 marbles in a box. 8 of them are blue and the rest are red. What is the ratio of the number of red marbles to the number of blue marbles?

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The ratio would be 28:8
User Dimuth
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Red marbles : Blue marbles.
There are 36 - 8 red marbles in the box. 36 - 8 = 28.
28:8
This can be simplified,
14:4 (Divide both by 2)
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