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A bag of marbles had 27 blue marbles and the rest were yellow. For a game, 24 marbles were chosen from the bag. Of these 24 marbles chosen 3/4 were blue. Use the information to answer the questions below.

A bag of marbles had 27 blue marbles and the rest were yellow. For a game, 24 marbles-example-1
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Part A

Not enough information

Part B

Multiply 24 by 3/4

24*(3/4)=18 blue marbles

so

Not chosen=27-18=9

answer part B is 9

Part C

Chosen=18

answer part C is 18

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