Question
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?
Answers
John
We need more information to answer this question.
5/8 b + 5/9 g +48 =????
5/8 b + 5/9 g +48 =????
Reiny
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
check the wording
Did it say: 5/9 of the remaining are green ?
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
check the wording
Did it say: 5/9 of the remaining are green ?
Lawton
Yes