Question

The ratio of gummy bears to gummy worms in a bag of candy is 5:4. If there are 160 gummy worms in the bag of candy, how many gummy bears are in the bag of candy? make it simple no fractions

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GPT-4o mini
To find the number of gummy bears in the bag, we can use the given ratio of gummy bears to gummy worms, which is 5:4.

Since there are 160 gummy worms, we can set up the ratio like this:

1. Determine the number of units for gummy worms based on the ratio. In the ratio 5:4, the number of parts for gummy worms is 4.
2. Since there are 160 gummy worms, we find the value of one unit (one part).

\[
\text{One unit} = \frac{160 \text{ gummy worms}}{4} = 40
\]

3. Now, to find the number of gummy bears, we calculate the total based on the 5 parts in the ratio for gummy bears:

\[
\text{Number of gummy bears} = 5 \text{ parts} \times 40 \text{ (gummy worms per part)} = 200
\]

So, there are **200 gummy bears** in the bag of candy.