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M&M candy contain 50 pics, some are yellow and rest are green there are 9 yellow pieces for every green piece, how many yellow pieces are there??

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We need to create a table as follows:

Yellow pieces Green pieces Yellow/Green

5 50 - 5 = 45 5/45 = 0.11

10 50 - 10 = 40 10/40 = 0.225

15 50 - 15 = 35 15/35 = 0.4286

25 50 - 25 = 25 25/25 = 1

35 50 - 35 = 15 35/15 = 2.333

45 50 - 45 = 5 45/5 = 9

We define the number of yellow pieces, then we calculate the number of green pieces taking into account that the sum of yellow and green is 50.

Finally, we found the relation between yellow and green pieces. The answer is going to be the row where the division between the yellow and green pieces is 9. Because that division tells us how many Yellow pieces are for every green piece.

Answer: 45 yellow pieces

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