The ratio of pink marbles to white marbles in samaras bag is equal to 1:5. If there are 100 white marbles, how many are pink?

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First you would add a equation to match the problem. The equation would be 100/5 and the answer would be 20.

Sumama Waheed answered Oct 22, 2015

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so p:w =1:5

since there are 6 units (1+5)
and 100=5 units

we want to find 1 unit so
100/5=20
20=1unit=pink marbles

Dbaq answered Oct 25, 2015

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