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You have 4 white marbles and 5 black marbles. What would be the ratio for pulling out a black marble from the bag? 5:4 or 5:9?

You have 4 white marbles and 5 black marbles. What would be the ratio for pulling-example-1
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5:9

you add up your marbles and that will be your denominator and then since you’re pulling out the black marbles the top will be 5
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