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a box contains apples and oranges. the ratio of apples to oranges is 5:3. if there are 15 apples in the box, how many oranges are in the box?
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a box contains apples and oranges. the ratio of apples to oranges is 5:3. if there are 15 apples in the box, how many oranges are in the box?

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If there 15 apples, and the ratio is 5:3 then there are 9 oranges in the box
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