Dev has 9 shells. Zoe has 55 shells. Zoe gives some shells to Dev. Now Zoe has 3 times as many as Dev. How many shells does Zoe give to Dev?

let the initial number of shells that dev has be A, and initial number of shells that zoe has be B. let the number of shells that zoe gives to dev be x. after giiving x shells zoe is left with 3 times the number of shell as that of dev. therefore number of shells with zoe = 3×number of shells with dev.

Step-by-step explanation:

the ratio of white tiles to blue tiles is 48: 16. the ratio in it's simplest form is 3: 1.

step-by-step explanation:

ratio: take the first number and add a colon next to it, then add the second number after that. make sure the ratio order matches up with the written problem!

simplest form: we can simplify the ratio 48 : 16 by dividing both terms by the greatest common factor (gcf).

the gcf of 48 and 16 is 16.

divide both terms by 16:

48 ÷ 16 = 3

16 ÷ 16 = 1

reducing to simplest form:

48 : 16 = 3 : 1