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4) Pas sock drawer contains only black socks and white socks. There are 28 pairs of socks altogether. The ratio of bsocks towhite socks is 2 to 5. How many pairs of black socks does Pa own?pairs
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4) Pas sock drawer contains only black socks and white socks. There are 28 pairs of socks altogether. The ratio of bsocks towhite socks is 2 to 5. How many pairs of black socks does Pa own?pairs

4) Pas sock drawer contains only black socks and white socks. There are 28 pairs of-example-1
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There are 8 black socks and 20 white socks. 5 socks times 4 = 20 white socks, and 2 socks times 4 = 8 black socks. So, Pa has 8 black socks.
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