Chase is an office manager and needed to purchase blue and black pens for his office. He bought 4 blue pens for every 3 black pens. Use this information to find the following ratios. Write your answers in fraction form. Ratio of Blue Pens to Black Pens Ratio of Black Pens to Blue Pens Ratio of Blue Pens to Pens of Either Color Ratio of Black Pens to Pens of Either Color
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Ratio of Blue Pens to Black Pens: Since Chase bought 4 blue pens for every 3 black pens, the ratio of blue pens to black pens is 4:3, or in fraction form, 4/3. Show more…
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