Each marble bag sold by Hong's Marble Company contains 8 blue marbles for every 5 yellow marbles. If a bag has 64 blue marbles, how many yellow marbles does it contain?

Question

Each marble bag sold by Hong's Marble Company contains 8

 blue marbles for every 5

 yellow marbles. If a bag has 64

 blue marbles, how many yellow marbles does it contain?

yellowmarbles

Answer 1

y/64=5/8

y/8=5

y=40 yellow marbles

40/64=5/8