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The bag contained only red and white matbles. If the ratio of red marbles to white marbles was 5 to 4, what fraction of the marbles were white?

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1 1/4 because you divide the ratios by each other to come up with a fraction
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im pretty sure the answer is 4/9...hope this helped ;)
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