During an art contest at your school you and a classmate each won blue ribbons for 1/3 of the pieces you entered in the contest .you won 2 blue ribbons and your classmate won 3 blue ribbons.explain how this could be

2 answers

You enter: 6 Ribbons
Classmate enters: 9 ribbons
You

2 = 1/3 x

Classmate

3 = 1/3 x

In both cases, multiply both sides by 3.

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