Question

Mr Castle shares out 42 marbles between Emily

and Asif in the ratio 5 : 1
How many marbles does each child get?
Emily gets marbles and Asif gets
marbles.
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Answer 1

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Explanation:

Answer 2

Emily gets 35 marbles and Asif gets 7 marbles.

Explanation:

let 5x and x be marbles Emily and Asif get.

5x + x = 42

or, 6x = 42

or, x= 7

5x = 5×7=35

x =7