Traci has four blue pens and three red pens. She has twice as many black pens as blue pens. What fraction represents the number

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laila [671]

3 years ago

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Traci has four blue pens and three red pens. She has twice as many black pens as blue pens. What fraction represents the number

of blue pens out of the total number of pens

Mathematics

2 answers:

sertanlavr [38] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-07T01:23:04+03:00

sertanlavr [38]3 years ago

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The total is 4+3+8=15
The answer would be 4/15 because there are 4 blue pens

Kitty [74] · Answer 2 · 2022-09-06T23:03:08+03:00

Kitty [74]3 years ago

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4 blue, 3 red
twice as many black pens as blue pens.....black pens = 2(4) = 8

so there are : (4 + 3 + 8) = 15 total pens

fraction of blue pens to total pens = 4/15