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  • 18-09-2019
  • Mathematics
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3/5 of sweets are red
and the rest are blue.
Write the ratio blue to red.

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  • 18-09-2019

If 3/5 of sweets are red, the remaining sweets represent the

[tex]1-\dfrac{3}{5}=\dfrac{5}{5}-\dfrac{3}{5}=\dfrac{2}{5}[/tex]

of the total. So, 3/5 are red and 2/5 are blue.

The blue to red ratio is

[tex]\dfrac{2}{5}\div\dfrac{3}{5}=\dfrac{2}{5}\cdot\dfrac{5}{3}=\dfrac{2}{3}[/tex]

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