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16 lizards have stripes on there tails . the ratio of lizards with white tails to those with yellow tail stripes is 1:2 . how many lizards have yellow tail stripes
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16 lizards have stripes on there tails . the ratio of lizards with white tails to those with yellow tail stripes is 1:2 . how many lizards have yellow tail stripes

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1:2
1 white lizard to 2 yellow Lizards
so of those 3 lizards, 2 have yellow
or 2/3 of the lizards have yellow
16 * (2/3) = 10 2/3 or 11, because you can't have 2/3 of a lizard... usually ;D
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