Question

The ratio of green M&M's to yellow is 2:5 If there are 84 M &M's in the bag all together, how many are green

Answer 1

there are 24 green m&m's

Answer 2

There are 24 green M&M's.

Explanation:

The ratio of green M&M's to yellow is 2:5

Let green color be 2x.

Let yellow color be 5x.

we get
`2x+5x=7x`

There are 84 M &M's in the bag all together, means

`7x=84`

Now dividing both sides by 7;

x = 12

Green color are = 2x

=
`2(12)=24`

Hence, there are 24 green M&M's.