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Ratios in Real-World Situations

Question 8 • *WHS Pre-Algebra - MA3119 A-CR

Four friends are playing a game. They randomly choose a handful of marbles from a bag. The player with the highest ratio of blue marbles to purple marbles gets to go first. Number of MarblesNameBlue MarblesPurple MarblesRosa1012Chi56Alberto512Pedro106Which player gets to go first?

Answer
A
Rosa
B
Chi
C
Alberto
D
Pedro

Explanation

Compare each player’s blue-to-purple ratio: Rosa has 10/12, Chi has 5/6, Alberto has 5/12, and Pedro has 10/6. Pedro’s ratio is 10/6, or about 1.67, which is greater than the others. Pedro gets to go first.

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