Question

Sweet T has 2 orange picks for every 5 green, if there are 25 picks in all, how many picks are orange

Answer 1

6 or 8

Explanation:

For every cycle of picks Sweet T has she gets 2 orange and 5 green. 2+5=7. To find how many cycles there are divide 25/7= 3 Remainder:4. To mind how many orange then do 3 times 2(2 for each cycle)=6.

The reason I say 6 or 10 is that you could add 2 oranges from the remainder to the total # of oranges.

Answer 2

125/7

Explanation:

We have two conditions:

(1) O/G = 2/5

(2) O + G = 25 Multiply Equation (1) by G

O = 2G/5 Multiply both sides by 5

5O = 2G Divide each side by 2

G = 2O/5 Substitute in Equation (2)

O + 2O/5 = 25 Multiply each side by 5

5O + 2O = 125 Combine like terms

7O = 125 Divide each side by 7

O = 125/7