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Each marble bag sold by leila's marble company contains 5 yellow marbles for every 8 green marbles. if a bag has 35 yellow marbles, how many green marbles does it contain?

Each marble bag sold by leila's marble company contains 5 yellow marbles for every 8 green marbles. if a bag has 35 yellow marbles, how many green marbles does it contain?
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Each marble bag sold by leila's marble company contains 5 yellow marbles for every 8 green marbles. if a bag has 35 yellow marbles, how many green marbles does it contain?

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yellow: green
5 : 8
35:x
To get from 5 to 35 for the yellow's, you multiply the ratio by 7.
Multiply the 8 for greens by 7 = 56
There are 56 green marbles.
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