Question

(HELP NEEDED PLEASE) A claw arcade machine contains stuffed animals and mystery boxes. There are 44 items in the machine. Winning a stuffed animal has three times as many favorable outcomes as winning a mystery box. How many of each item is in the machine?

Answer 1

Answer: 33 stuffed animals and 11 mystery boxes.

Since there are 44 items, the number of stuffed animals is 3/4 of the amount, and the mystery boxes is 1/4. You have to split 44 in 4 pieces.

44 / 4 = 11

When you’re trying to find the stuffed animals, multiply by 3, since 11 x 3 is 3/4 of 44. And for the mystery boxes, multiply it by 1, since 11 x 1 is 1/4 of 44.

Answer 2

There are 33 stuffed animals and 11 mystery boxes