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A bag contains 9 blue marbles and 36 green marbles. If a representative sample contains 3 blue

marbles, then how many green marbles would you expect it to contain? Explain.

User Ben Cox
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Answer:

It is 12 green marbles

Explanation:


(9)/(3) = 3 \\ \\ (36)/(x) = 3 \\ x = (36)/(3) \\ x = 12

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