In a fish tank, the ratio of orange fish to blue fish is 4:3. Which statement is true?

3/4 of the fish in the tank are blue

if there is a total of 56 fish in the tank, than 24 of the fish are orange

The number of orange fish is 1 1/3 times the number of blue fish.

If there are 12 blue fish in the tank, then there are 18 orange fish.

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Martin Smith

Mathematics

24 August, 07:52

In a fish tank, the ratio of orange fish to blue fish is 4:3. Which statement is true?

3/4 of the fish in the tank are blue

if there is a total of 56 fish in the tank, than 24 of the fish are orange

The number of orange fish is 1 1/3 times the number of blue fish.

If there are 12 blue fish in the tank, then there are 18 orange fish.

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Jessie Bullock · Answer 1

A ratio is seen as 4 vs 3 so out of 4+3=7, 4 are orange and 3 are blue.

4/7 are orange, 3/7 are blue

The number of orange fish is 1 1/3 times the number of blue bc 4/3 and 4/7:3/7 equals 1 1/3