Question

The ratio of white marbles to blue marbles in Connie's bag of marbles is equal to 2:3.There are more than 20 marbles in the bag. What is a possible number of white marbles and blue marbles in the bag

Answer 1

There are an infinite number of possibilities.

       White . . . any even number greater than 8 .
       Blue . . . . (1.5) x (the number of white ones).

The smallest possible contents of the bag:

       White . . . 10
       Blue . . . . 15
       Total . . . . 25 .