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Ratio of pens to pencils is 3:8; What could be the total number of pens and pencils?
Can you explain how do you get the answer because I am studying for my test. Thank you very much for your help.
no way to get the total number. It will be a multiple of 11, because there will be 8 pencils for every 3 pens.

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