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Title: In my tank,The ratio of red fish to blue fish is 3:5, There are 20 blue fish How many red fish are there
Post by: colegk14 on Mar 3, 2023
In my tank,The ratio of red fish to blue fish is 3:5, There are 20 blue fish  How many red fish are there


Title: Re: In my tank,The ratio of red fish to blue fish is 3:5, There are 20 blue fish How many red fish are there
Post by: mariamugure on Mar 3, 2023
There are 12 red fish.


Title: Re: In my tank,The ratio of red fish to blue fish is 3:5, There are 20 blue fish How many red fish ...
Post by: Marcie D on Mar 4, 2023
If the ratio of red fish to blue fish is 3:5, this means that for every 3 red fish, there are 5 blue fish.

We know that there are 20 blue fish in the tank, so we can use this information to find the number of red fish.

First, we can determine the ratio of red fish to blue fish as a fraction:

3/5

This means that for every 5 blue fish, there are 3 red fish.

To find the number of red fish, we can set up a proportion:

3/5 = x/20

where x is the number of red fish in the tank.

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:

5x = 60

x = 12

Therefore, there are 12 red fish in the tank.