Question

The ratio of blue marbles to red marbles in a bag is 2:3. In the same bag, the ratio of blue marbles to yellow marbles is 1:1. Which of the following statements is true?

A. There are less yellow marbles than blue marbles.
B. There are less yellow marbles than red marbles.
C. There are less blue marbles than yellow marbles.
D. There are less red marbles than blue marbles.

Answer 1

Answer:

B

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of blue marbles and yellow marbles is 1:1,means that the number of blue and yellow marbles are the same.

So,you can remove answer A and C from your options.

Next,the ratio of blue marble to red marble is 2:3.

This shows that the number of red marble is more than blue marble and automatically more than yellow marbles bcs number of blue and yellow marbles are the same

So the most accurate and correct answer is B.