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Jake has a bag of 50 beads, some of which are blue and the remaining are green. Jake randomly pulls out a bead from the bag, records the color, and replaces it in the bag. Jake has already recorded 16 blue and 4 green beads. Based on these results, what is most likely the number of blue beads in the bag?

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Answer:

30 red and 20 yellow as 9 bead and 6 bead is the ratio of 3:2 50 in the ratio of 3:2 is 30=red and 20=yellow

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The answer is 40 because you have a ratio of 4:1 (16:4). If you multiply by ten, it becomes 40:10.

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