Question

A candy bowl contains 723 candies. Some of the candies are red, and the rest are green. There are twice as many green candies as red candies. How many red candies are in the candy bowl ?

Answer 1

Answer: There are 241 red candies in the bowl. 482 Green candies in bowl.

Explanation:

241 (is the answer) x2= 482. There's TWICE as many green as there is red, since there is 241 red candies, we multply that by two (482). Now let's add to check if it is correct. 241+482= is indeed 723.

Answer 2

red = 241

green = 482

Explanation:

The total = 723

red candies = x

green candies = y

⇒ x + y =723

There are twice as many green candies as red candies.

this means: y = 2x

x + y = 723

x +2x = 723

3x = 723

x = 241

y = 723 - 241 = 482

To control this y = 2x ⇒ 482 = 2 * 241

This means that there 241 red candies and 482 green candies.