SOLUTION: each marble bag sold by the company contains 5 blue marbles for every 3 red marbles. if a bag has 24 red marbles how many blue marbles does it contain

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Question 1183777: each marble bag sold by the company contains 5 blue marbles for every 3 red marbles. if a bag has 24 red marbles how many blue marbles does it contain
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each marble bag sold by the company contains 5 blue marbles for every 3 red marbles.
if a bag has 24 red marbles how many blue marbles does it contain
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There are  5x  blue marbles and  3x  red marbles,  where x is the common factor.


      3x = 24

       x    = 24/3 = 8.


ANSWER.  5*8 = 40 blue marbles.

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