Question

Mrs. Rasul loves to collect pearls from oysters. Her collection includes 8 of your typical white pearls, as well as a few rare colored pearls: 3 yellow, 2 red, 4 lime green, and 3 purple. If Mrs. Rasul were to buy 35 more oysters, how many of them would you expect to have lime green pearls?

12 pearls


9 pearls


7 pearls


4 pearls

Answer 1

i think the other person is correct. 4 pearls

Answer 2

Answer: 4 of the oysters would be expected to have lime-green pearls.

Explanation:

To solve the problem, we can use proportions. The proportion of lime green pearls to the total number of pearls in Mrs. Rasul's collection is equal to the proportion of lime green pearls to the total number of pearls in 35 oysters.

Let x be the number of lime green pearls in 35 oysters. Then, we can set up the proportion:

4/20 = x/(8 + 3 + 2 + 4 + x)

Simplifying this equation, we get:

4(8 + 3 + 2 + 4 + x) = 20x

17x = 68

x = 4