Question

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?

Answer 1

40 orange marbles

Explanation:

Set up and solve this proportion:

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

`5x = 200`

`x = 40`