Asked by Rachel
a bag full of gum drops. 2/3 of which are blue. the red drops are 3/8 of the number of blue. There are 3 green drops.
How many drops in the bag?
How many drops in the bag?
Answers
Answered by
Reiny
Are we to assume that there are only 3 colours??
then
blue + red + green = total
let the total be x
(2/3)x + (3/8)(2/3)x + 3 = x
2x/3 + 1x/4 + 3 = x
multiply each term by 12
8x + 3x + 36 = 12x
36 = x
there are 36 drops
check: blue = (2/3)(36) = 24
red : (3/8)(24) = 9
green: 3
24+9+3 = 36
then
blue + red + green = total
let the total be x
(2/3)x + (3/8)(2/3)x + 3 = x
2x/3 + 1x/4 + 3 = x
multiply each term by 12
8x + 3x + 36 = 12x
36 = x
there are 36 drops
check: blue = (2/3)(36) = 24
red : (3/8)(24) = 9
green: 3
24+9+3 = 36
There are no AI answers yet. The ability to request AI answers is coming soon!
Submit Your Answer
We prioritize human answers over AI answers.
If you are human, and you can answer this question, please submit your answer.