Red and gray bricks were used to build a decorative wall. The number of red bricks and the number of gray bricks was five over 2 . There were 175 bricks used in all. How many red bricks were used? (1 point) Responses 25 25 125 125 50 50 35

Answer 1

Let the number of red bricks used be x.
The number of gray bricks used is also x.
So, the total number of bricks used is x+x=2x.
According to the given information, 2x=175.
So, x=175/2=<<175/2=87.5>>87.5.
Since we can't have half a brick, the number of red bricks used is 87. This corresponds to option 50.