A marine aquarium has two tanks: a small and a large. Each tank contains only red and blue fish, and the red to blue ratio is The ratio of fish in the large tank to fish in the small tank is
What is the ratio of blue fish in the small tank to red fish in the large tank?
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For positive integers m , n we have that there are 3 m red fish and 4 m blue fish in the small tank, as well as 3 n red fish and 4 n blue fish in the large tank.
There are then 3 m + 4 m = 7 m fish in the small tank and 3 n + 4 n = 7 n fish in the large tank. We are then given that 7 m 7 n = 5 4 6 ⟹ m n = 5 4 6 .
As there are 4 m blue fish in the small tank and 3 n red fish in the large tank, the desired ratio is
3 n 4 m = 3 × m n 4 = 3 × 5 4 6 4 = 3 × 4 6 4 × 5 = 6 9 1 0 , i.e., the answer is 1 0 : 6 9 .