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40% of the marbles in a bag are yellow. The rest are orange and green. The ratio of the number of orange to the number of green is 4: 5. If there are 30 green marbles, how many yellow marbles are there? Use a visual model to show your answer. |
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Answer» Answer: 36 Step-by-step EXPLANATION: yellow marble=40% Ratio of ORANGE to green=4:5 green=30=5x 4x+5x=9x 4x+30=9x 30=9x-4x 30/5=x x=6 orange marble=4x=4*6 =24 Green and orange marble=24+30=54 60% of TOTAL marbles=54 60/100x=54 x=54*100/60 x=90 yellow marble=total-(green + orange) yellow=90-54 yellow marbles=36 |
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