5/8 votes are blue and 5/9 are green and the remaining 48 votes are red. How many are blue and how Many are green?

let the total be x

blues = (5/8)x
greens = (5/9)x

but 5/8 + 5/9 = 85/72 which is > 1
not possible, so far we would have 85/72 of x

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Did it say: 5/9 of the remaining are green ?

We need more information to answer this question.

5/8 b + 5/9 g +48 =????

Yes

To find out how many votes are blue and how many are green, we need to calculate the fractions of blue and green votes out of the total votes.

Let's start with the blue votes:
The fraction of blue votes is given as 5/8.
To find the total number of votes, we need to determine what value represents 1 whole vote. To do this, we can set up an equation:
x * (5/8) = 1
Where x is the number of votes.

Simplifying the equation:
5x/8 = 1

Cross-multiplying:
5x = 8

Solving for x:
x = 8/5 = 1.6

Since we cannot have a fractional vote, we can round the value up or down to the nearest whole number. In this case, it makes sense to round down since we are working with a total number of votes.

So, there are 1 whole vote representing blue in this case.

Next, let's calculate the green votes:
The fraction of green votes is given as 5/9.
Again, we can set up an equation to determine the total number of votes:
y * (5/9) = 1
Where y is the number of votes.

Simplifying the equation:
5y/9 = 1

Cross-multiplying:
5y = 9

Solving for y:
y = 9/5 = 1.8

Rounding down to the nearest whole number, we find that there are 1 whole vote representing green.

Therefore, there is 1 blue vote and 1 green vote, with the remaining 48 votes being red.