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1/3 of the beads in a bag are white the rest are grey what is the ratio of grey to white and white to grey

User Mike Geise
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Answer:

whit’s to grey is 1:2 grey to white is 2:1

Explanation:

well if there’s 3 parts and 1/3 of the beads are white, that’s 1 and so the 2 other parts would be grey. grey to white i you would out the grey first then the white ( 2:1 ) and if you did the white first itd be white to grey ( 1:2 )

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Answer:

Grey to white= 2:1

White to grey= 1:2

Explanation:

If 1/3 of beads in a bag are white, 2/3 are grey. This means for every 1 white bead in the bag, there are 2 grey beads. To write that as a ratio, it just needs a colon in-between the numbers in the order that they ask.

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