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The ratio of color papers to white paper is 3:8. If there are 48 white papers how many color papers are there

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Answer: 18 color papers

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of color paper to white paper is 3:8 which means that for every 3 color papers there should be 8 white papers.

If there are 48 white papers therefore, you need to use direct proportion to solve for the color papers:

3        :       8

x                48

8x = 144

x = 144 / 8

x = 18 color papers