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Each marble bag sold by Ahmad's Marble Company contains 5 green marbles for every 8 orange marbles. If a bag has 25 green marbles, how many orange marbles does it contain?
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Each marble bag sold by Ahmad's Marble Company contains 5 green marbles for every 8 orange marbles. If a bag has 25 green marbles, how many orange

marbles does it contain?

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Answer:

40 orange marbles

Explanation:

Set up and solve this proportion:


(5)/(8) = (25)/(x)


5x = 200


x = 40

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