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

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User Aemon
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48! Make a proportion! Orange/red then cross multiply to find x!
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