A bag contains 10 red marbles. The ratio of red marbles to blue marbles is 5 to 1. Find the number of blue marbles in the bag.

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Mr Slim · Answer 1 · 2022-04-15T01:04:41+0000

Answer: there are 2 blue marbles

Explanation:

10 / 2 = 5

If there are 5 to 1 then 5 + 5 = 10

So 1 + 1 = 2

(Sorry if that didn’t make much sense)