Sienna has a bag of colored marbles. The bag contains 70 green marbles, 42 orange marbles, and 28 purple marbles. What are the ratios of the number of green marbles, orange marbles, and purple marbles to the total number of marbles? A. Green = 1 to 2; orange = 3 to 10; purple = 1:5 B. Green = 1 to 5; orange = 3 to 10; purple = 1:2 C. Green = 1 to 5; orange = 10 to 3; purple = 1:2 D. Green = 1 to 2; orange = 10 to 3; purple = 1:5

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Mathematics

Rebecca Delacruz

14 August, 10:28

Sienna has a bag of colored marbles. The bag contains 70 green marbles, 42 orange marbles, and 28 purple marbles. What are the ratios of the number of green marbles, orange marbles, and purple marbles to the total number of marbles? A. Green = 1 to 2; orange = 3 to 10; purple = 1:5 B. Green = 1 to 5; orange = 3 to 10; purple = 1:2 C. Green = 1 to 5; orange = 10 to 3; purple = 1:2 D. Green = 1 to 2; orange = 10 to 3; purple = 1:5

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Ari Barron · Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of marbles = 70 + 42 + 28

Total = 140

Green:Total = 70 / 140 = 1:2

Orange:Total = 42/140 = 6:20 = 3:10

Purple:Total = 28/140 = 4/20 = 2:10

1/2 = 5/10

2/10 = 1/5

Check

5/10 + 3/10 + 2/10 = 1 just as it should

Answer: A

B Green is bigger than 1:5. B is incorrect

C Green is bigger than 1:5. C is incorrect

D The orange ratio is the other way around