Kelly likes red marbles. Each of her 12 bags of marbles has 2/7 red marbles. How many separate bags of red marbles can she make?
How to I work out this problem?
Im not sure how to set it up, thanks!
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How many marbles in each bag?
kelly likes red marbles each of her 12 bags of marbles has 2/7 red marbles how many separate bags of red marbles can she make
To solve the problem, we first need to find out how many red marbles are in each bag.
Given that each bag has 2/7 red marbles, we can find how many red marbles are in each bag by multiplying 2/7 by the total number of marbles in each bag.
Let's say each bag has x marbles. Then the number of red marbles in each bag would be:
(2/7) x
Now, to find out how many separate bags of red marbles Kelly can make, we need to know how many red marbles she has in total.
If each bag has x marbles and 2/7 of them are red, then the number of red marbles in each bag is (2/7) x.
So the total number of red marbles in all 12 bags is:
(2/7) x 12x = 24x/7
Now we just need to figure out how many bags of red marbles Kelly can make with the total number of red marbles she has.
Let's say Kelly wants to make bags of red marbles that each have y red marbles. The number of bags she can make would be:
(24x/7)/y
We can simplify this expression by multiplying by 7/7:
(24x/7) * (7/y) = 24x/y
So Kelly can make 24x/y bags of red marbles, where x is the number of marbles in each bag and y is the number of red marbles she wants in each separate bag.
Given that each bag has 2/7 red marbles, we can find how many red marbles are in each bag by multiplying 2/7 by the total number of marbles in each bag.
Let's say each bag has x marbles. Then the number of red marbles in each bag would be:
(2/7) x
Now, to find out how many separate bags of red marbles Kelly can make, we need to know how many red marbles she has in total.
If each bag has x marbles and 2/7 of them are red, then the number of red marbles in each bag is (2/7) x.
So the total number of red marbles in all 12 bags is:
(2/7) x 12x = 24x/7
Now we just need to figure out how many bags of red marbles Kelly can make with the total number of red marbles she has.
Let's say Kelly wants to make bags of red marbles that each have y red marbles. The number of bags she can make would be:
(24x/7)/y
We can simplify this expression by multiplying by 7/7:
(24x/7) * (7/y) = 24x/y
So Kelly can make 24x/y bags of red marbles, where x is the number of marbles in each bag and y is the number of red marbles she wants in each separate bag.
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