Question

Two-fifths of the candies in a bag are mint. There are 34 mint candies.

How many candies in total are in the bag?

Answer 1

2/5 of total are mint
mint is 34
2/5 of total is 34
total is c
2/5 of c is 34

2/5 times c=34
times both sides by 5/2 (5/2 times 2/5=10/10=1)
1c=170/2
c=85

Answer 2

There are total 85 candies in the bag.

Explanation:

Let, total number of candies be 'x'.

We are given that,

There are total 34 mint candies in the bag.

Also, two-fifths of the total candies are mint.

Thus, we get,

`(2x)/(5)=34`

i.e. 2x= 34 × 5

i.e. 2x = 170

i.e. x = 85

Hence, there are total 85 candies in the bag.