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A company makes first aid kits in different sizes. The ratio of fabric bandages to plastic bandages in each kit is 3 to9. A small kit has 16 fabric. Bandages. How many plastic bandages should a small kit have

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48 plastic bandages.

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio 3 to 9 entails that for every 3 fabric bandages there should be 9 plastic bandages. For 16 fabric bandages, there should be...

[tex]16 \: \times \: \frac{9}{3} \: = \: 16 \: \times \: 3 \: = \: 48[/tex]

... plastic bandages.

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