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O-LevelMathematicsNumber4024/12 · May/June 2022 · Q103 Marks

A bag contains red balls, blue balls and green balls. The ratio red : blue = 3 : 8. The ratio green : blue = 2 : 5. Work out the fraction of the balls that are blue.

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  1. [3] 40/71 B2 for 15:40:16 oe seen or for 40 : 71 or M1 for attempt to equate number of blue in the two ratios or for 71 seen or for r/g = 15/16 soi

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Number, O-Level Mathematics (syllabus 4024). Structured question, 3 marks.
Source
O-Level Mathematics, May/June 2022 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 10.

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