In a bag of candy, there are five green candies for every two red candies. If there are 35 total candies in the bag, which of the following is the total number of green candies in the bag?
i solve it but i do not know if is correct,so please can you check if if correct
5x+2x=35
7x=35
x=5, so there are25green candy and 10red.
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Looks good to me. Can you not check your answer to make sure it fits all the necessary conditions?
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