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Ivan and Jorge were picking apples. Ivan said that for every 6 apples he picked, Jorge picked 4 apples. What are two possibilities of the number of apples that Ivan and Jorge picked?

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To figure out the answer, put it in a ratio, like 6:4 then with that you can have endless possibilities. What you do to one number, you must do to the other, so you could multiply 6 by 3 to get 18 and 4 by 3 to get 12. the ratio would look like 18:12. other examples could be 12:8 18:12 24:16
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Answer:

Ivan could pick 12 Jorge would have 8

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