Question

A candy jar contains 120 pieces of candy, including 45 red candies. If the ratio of red candies to the total number of candies in the jar remains the same, how many red candies would there be in a jar containing 200 pieces of candy?

Answer 1

Answer: In

a jar containing 200 pieces of candy, there would be 75 red candies.

Explanation:

45/120 = x/200 Cross-multiplying, we get: 45 * 200 = 120 * x Simplifying, we have: 9000 = 120x To solve for x, we divide both sides of the equation by 120: 9000/120 = x x = 75

Answer 2

75 red candies

Explanation:

200 candies divided by 120 = 1.666666666666667

Simply times 45 by 1.666666666666667