The ratio of white to green marbles in a bag is 5/12. How many green are there if there are 51 total marbles? Please explain how to do ratios and porprotions. (:

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Popokoko · Answer 1 · 2017-12-04T20:48:20+0000

So for every 5 white marbles there are 12 green ones.
The easiest way to do this is to increase the ratio.

so: 5white/12green=17total
10w/24g=34 total
15w/36g= 51 total

The ratio of white to green marbles in a bag is 5/12. How many green are there if there are 51 total marbles? Please explain how to do ratios and porprotions. (:

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