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2012 AMC 10A Problem 7AMC 10 Step by Step
Name:                             Date: September 13, 2026
Ratios, Percents & Averages · difficulty 1 of 5 · about 2 min · position P1-10

In a bag of marbles, 35\frac{3}{5} of the marbles are blue and the rest are red. If the number of red marbles is doubled and the number of blue marbles stays the same, what fraction of the marbles will be red?

  1. A)

    25\frac{2}{5}

  2. B)

    37\frac{3}{7}

  3. C)

    47\frac{4}{7}

  4. D)

    35\frac{3}{5}

  5. E)

    45\frac{4}{5}

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