In a particular shop, only red shoes and blue shoes are available for sale. During one week, the shop sold x red shoes and y blue shoes. If 3/5 of the total shoes sold that week were red, which of the following expressions represents the value of y, in terms of x?

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(x)/5

(2x)/3

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(3x)/5

(x)/3

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What this question tests

Your ability to convert between fractions, ratios, and decimals and to reason proportionally.

Cross-multiplying incorrectly or mixing up the ratio parts — a part:part ratio is not a fraction of the whole.