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Each marble bag sold by Yoko's Marble Company contains 5 orange marbles for every 6 blue marbles. If a bag has 40 orange marbles, how many blue marbles does it contain?

Each marble bag sold by Yoko's Marble Company contains 5 orange marbles for every 6 blue marbles. If a bag has 40 orange marbles, how many blue marbles does it contain?
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Each marble bag sold by Yoko's Marble Company contains 5 orange marbles for every 6 blue marbles. If a

bag has 40 orange marbles, how many blue marbles does it contain?

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User Zengabor
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Answer:

48 blue marbles

Explanation:

'b' = # blue marbles

5/40 = 6/b

5b = 240

b = 48

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