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The ratio of Pink marbles to white marbles in Samaras bag is equal to 1:5. What percent of the bag contains pink marbles?

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Think of the contents of the bag having 6 equal parts (in numerical quantity).  Then the fraction of all the marbles which happen to be white marbles is 1/6.  This converts to 16.67%.
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