Question

In a candy box, there are 3 times as many candies with nuts as candies without nuts. There are 12 candies in the box. How many candies with nuts are in the box?

Answer 1

9 candies with nuts

Explanation:

Suppose the number of candies is x

there three times as many candies with nuts as candies without nuts, so 3x

there are 12 candies in total

3x+x=12

4x=12

x=3

3x=9

Answer 2

Explanation:

In a candy box, there are 3 times as many candies with nuts as candies without nuts. There are 12 candies in the box. How many candies with nuts are in the box?

let:

without nuts = x

with nuts = 3x

so:

x + 3x = 12

4x = 12

x = 3, so there are 3 candies without nuts.

Because there are three times more candies with nuts than without:

3 * 3 = 9 candies with nuts