Question

One student ate 3/20 of all candies and another 1.2 lb. The second student ate 3/5 of the candies and the remaining 0.3 lb. What weight of candies did they each eat?

Answer 1

2 pounds of candy:)

Explanation:

Answer 2

Let us say there are x number of candies .

For first student,

He ate 3/20 of all candies, so 3/20 (x)

He also ate 1.2 lb of candies.

Total candies first student ate = (3/20) x +1.2

Second student ate 3/5 of all candies that is (3/5)x

He also ate 0.3 lb of candies.

Total candies second student ate = (3/5)x +0.3

Since total candies for both will be same, so equating the two expressions

`(3)/(20) (x) +1.2 = (3)/(5) x +0.3`

x=2

So there are 2 lb of candies in total.

First student ate = 0.3 +1.2 = 1.5lb of candies.

Second student ate = 1.5 lb of candies