There are 8 big fish for every small fish
there are 4 big fish for every small fish

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There are 8 big fish for every 10 small fish

There are 4 big fish for every _?_ small fish.

There are 4 big fish for every 5 small fish.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

There are 8 big fish for every 10 small fish.

We are asked to find the number of small fishes for 4 big fish.

So, this is a problem of ratio and proportion. The big fish and small fish numbers are in proportion to each other.

Let the small fish corresponding to 4 big fish be 'x'.

Therefore, using the proportion of two quantities, we have:

Now on cross multiplying we get:

Dividing both sides by 8, we get:

Therefore, there are 4 big fish for every 5 small fish.

72 is the answer to this problem

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