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A jar contains 75 marbles. 3/5 of the marbles are black. What fraction of the marbles are black, using 75 as the denominator?

Verified Answer :

75/5=15
15*3=45
45/75 marbles are black.

Answer:

\(\frac{45}{75}\) black marbles.

Step-by-step explanation:

A jar contains 75 marbles.

\(\frac{3}{5}\) of the marbles are black.

We will multiply \(\frac{3}{5}\) by 75 to get the number of black marbles.

The number of black marbles = \(\frac{3}{5}\) × 75

                                                 = \(\frac{3}{1}\) × 15

                                                = 45 marbles

45 marbles are black out of 75 marbles. so we can write \(\frac{45}{75}\) black marbles.