Question

Your brother has a bag of marbles. He has 8 green marbles, 3 blue marbles, 7 red marbles, and 2 yellow marbles. What is the ratio of blue marbles to green and red marbles? Choose the answer that is a simplified unit rate. a 1 : 5 b 3 : 15 c 5 : 1 d 15 : 3

Answer 1

a 1 : 5

Explanation:

Blue mables: 3

green and red marbles: 8 + 7 = 15

then, the radio blue:(green+red) is:

3 : 15

simplified unit rate is:

3/3 = 1

15/3 = 5

then:

3:15

is equal to:

1:5

Answer:

a 1 : 5