Each marble bag sold by Debra's Marble Company contains 8 yellow marbles for every 4 blue marbles. If a bag has 56 yellow marbles, how many blue marbles does it contain?

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FelixHo asked Feb 26, 2022

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Each marble bag sold by Debra's Marble Company contains 8 yellow marbles for every 4 blue marbles. If a bag has 56 yellow marbles, how many blue marbles does it contain?

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Answer:

28 blue marbles

Explanation:

yellow: blue

8 4

To get to 56 yellow marbles multiply by 7

yellow: blue

8*7 4*7

56 28

There will be 28 blue marbles

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