There is a ratio of 4 purple skittles for every 7 red skittles. If a bag has 88 skittles total red

and purple skittles, how many are purple?

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Karli Schmidt

Mathematics

31 March, 01:38

There is a ratio of 4 purple skittles for every 7 red skittles. If a bag has 88 skittles total red

and purple skittles, how many are purple?

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Snickers · Answer 1

32

Step-by-step explanation:

Sum the parts of the ratio 4 + 7 = 11

Divide the number of skittles by 11 to find the value of one part of the ratio

88 : 11 = 8 ← value of 1 part of the ratio, thus

number of purple skittles = 4 * 8 = 32

There is a ratio of 4 purple skittles for every 7 red skittles. If a bag has 88 skittles total redand purple skittles, how many are purple?

There is a ratio of 4 purple skittles for every 7 red skittles. If a bag has 88 skittles total red

and purple skittles, how many are purple?