In a bag of candy, there are five red candies for every two green candies. If there are 35 total candies in the bag, which of the following is the total number of green candies in the bag?

Question

A.5

B. 10

C. 20

D. 25

Answer 1

out of every seven candies 5 are red and 2 are green
so out of 5*7 = 35 candies
5*5 = 25 are red
and
5*2 = 10 are green
B.