Mrs. Martin keeps a ratio of 3 pens to 9 pencils. If she has 24 pencils, how many pens will will she have?

Mrs. Martin keeps a ratio of 3 pens to 9 pencils. If she has 24 pencils, how many pens will she have?
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3:9 pens:pencils is 1:3. 3 times as many pencils as pens. Therefore she has 24/3=8 pens: 8:24=1:3=3:9.
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3:9 = pens:pencils = 1:3
3 times as many pencils as pens
So she has 24/3=8 pens
8:24=1:3=3:9

 

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