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Washington candy company has 600 pounds of jelly beans to package. If each package contains three-forthwith pound, how many packages are needed?

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Answer:

Explanation:

x - the number of red jelly beans

y - the number of yellow jelly beans

The ratio of red jelly beans to yellow jelly beans is 3:4.

If Greg eats 3 red jelly beans and 6 yellow ones, the ratio is 4:5.

There were 36 yellow jelly beans in the dish.

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