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A bag contains yellow, green, blue, and white marbles.  The ratio of yellow, green, blue, and white marbles is 1:2:3:4.  If the bag contains 180 marbles, then how many blue marbles are there?

 May 17, 2023
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A bag contains yellow, green, blue, and white marbles.  The ratio of yellow, green, blue, and white marbles is 1:2:3:4.  If the bag contains 180 marbles, then how many blue marbles are there?  

 

Consider:  "The ratio of yellow, green, blue, and white marbles is 1:2:3:4."  

 

Call the number of yellow marbles X.  

So the number of green marbles is 2X. 

And the number of blue marbles is 3X.  

And the number of white marbles is 4X.  

 

Add up all the marbles and you have     10X  =  180  

 

Therefore                                                   X  =  18 yellow marbles  

                                                                 2X  =  36 green marbles  

                                                                 3X  =  54 blue marbles  

                                                                 4X  =  72 white marbles  

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 May 17, 2023

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