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Each marble bag sold by Jose’s Marble company contains 5 purple marbles for every 7 red marbles. If a bag has 42 red marbles, how many purple marbles does it certain?

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Explanation:

If a bag has 30 orange marbles then that means it has 42 red marbles

Explanation:

If there are 7 red marbles for every 5 orange marbles then what do is. you would

30/5=6

6*7=42

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