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In a Crystal Light container, the ratio of strawberry flavored packages to orange flavored packages are 8 to 4. Based on this ratio, how many orange flavored packages will you find in a Crystal Light container with a total of 96 packages?

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Answer:

32

Explanation:

With the ratio 8:4 we can assign variables.

8x+4x=96

12x=96

x=8

Subsitute to ratio: 8x:4x

64:32

32 orange packages

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