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Given:
The ratio of red and blue cubes is 4:7.
After adding 10 more red cubes the ratio of red and blue cubes is 6:7.
To find:
The number of blue cubes.
Solution:
The ratio of red and blue cubes is 4:7.
Let the number of red and blue cubes be 4x and 7x respectively.
After adding 10 more red cubes.
Number of red cubes = 4x+10
Then, the ratio of red and blue cubes is 6:7.
Divide both sides by 14.
Now,
Number of blue cubes in the bag is
Therefore, the number of blue cubes is 35.