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  • 02-09-2016
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in a bag of small balls 1/4 are green, 1/8 are blue, 1/12 are yellow and the remaining 26 white. how many balls are blue?

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toporc
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  • 02-09-2016
First find what fraction of the balls are not white.
(1/4) + (1/8) + (1/12) = 22/48
Therefore the 26 balls are 1 - (22/48) = 26/48 of the total.
Let the total number of balls be n.
[tex]n\times\frac{26}{48}=26[/tex]
Therefore n = 48.
The number of blue balls is 48/8 = 6 balls.
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