A bag contains a total of 100 black and white marbles without looking a marble is chosen record and placed back in the back the student records eight black marbles and two white marbles predict the number of black marbles in the bag

Respuesta :

there are 80 black marbles and 20 white marbles

Answer:

There are 80 black marbles in the bag.

Step-by-step explanation:

Ratio

A ratio is the tool to compare  two quantities and that can be the comparisons of parts to wholes ,wholes to parts  and parts to parts are all .

Here the ratio of black and white is 8 : 2

therefore the according to situation [tex]8x + 2x = 100\\[/tex]

                                                              [tex]10x = 100[/tex]

                                                                [tex]x = 10[/tex]

therefore the number of black marbles =[tex]8 x[/tex] = [tex]8[/tex] × [tex]10[/tex]  =  [tex]80[/tex]

hence the total number of black marbles = 80

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