Question

A bag contains the following marbles: 2 black marbles, 8 blue marbles, 12 brown marbles, and 18green marbles. What is the ratio of blue marbles to brown marbles? Express your ratio as a fraction orwith a colon.

Answer 1

Given:

Number of black marbles = 2

Number of blue marbles = 8

Number of brown marbles = 12

Number of green marbles = 18

Let's find the ratio of blue marbles to brown marbles.

To find the ratio of blue marbles to brown marbles, we have:

Ratio = Number of blue marbles : Number of brown marbles

Ratio = 8 : 12

Simplify the ratio by dividing both terms by the Greatest Common Factor:

GCF of 8 and 12 = 4

Therefore, the ratio is:

2 : 3

The ratio of blue marbles to brown marbles is = 2:3

As a fraction, the ratio is:

`(2)/(3)`

ANSWER:

`2\colon3`