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Re: A bag contains green, blue and yellow glass marbles. The ratio of gree
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19 Feb 2024, 14:33
A bag contains green, blue and yellow glass marbles.
The ratio of green to blue glass marbles is 2 : 7.
The ratio of green to yellow glass marbles is 3 : 5.
Let g = number of green marbles, b = number of blue marbles, and y = number of yellow marbles.
We can interpret the ratio of green to blue as:
gb=27
We can write the number of blue marbles in terms of the number of green marbles:
b=72g
Interpret the ratio of green to yellow as:
gy=35
We can write the number of yellow marbles in terms of the number of green marbles:
y=53g
The ratio of the number of blue marbles to yellow marbles is:
by=72g53g=72∗35=2110
Since the ratio is more than 1, there are more blue marbles than yellow marbles.