Question

Help for 12 points: 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

I hope this helps!

Answer 2

2/5x=34
x=85
85 Candies.