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Barry's deck of cards contains 40 blue cards and 70 red cards max's deck of cards contains the same number of blue cards but the ratio blue cards to red cards 8:9 how many total cards do s max's deck of cards contain

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Since Max's deck of cards contains the same number of blue cards as Barry's,
letting x as the number of red cards in Max's deck of card
40 / x = 8 / 9
Solving for x
360 = 8x
x = 45

There are a total of 40 + 45 = 85 cards in Barry's deck of cards

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