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In a bag there are blue sweets and red sweets. The ratio of blue sweets to red sweets is 5:3 What fraction of the sweets are blue?

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Answer:

5/8

Explanation:

SUM OF RATIOS = 5 + 3 = 8

fraction of blue sweet = blue sweet ratio / sum of ratios = 5/8

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