Question

Sarah's favorite candy consists of sour patch kids and M&Ms. She has 17 total packages of sour patch kids and M&Ms. She has 5 more packages of sour patch kids than M&Ms. How many packages of each Candy does Sarah have?

Answer 1

Sarah has 11 packages of sour patch kids and 6 packages of M&Ms

Explanation:

11 + 6 = 17, and 11 is five more than 6, fulfilling the needs of the problem

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Answer 2

Sarah has 11 packages of sour patch kids and 6 packages of M&Ms

Explanation:

11 + 6 = 17, and 11 is five more than 6, fulfilling the needs of the problem