Question

Bobby opened a bag of candy and counted how many pieces were in the bag. There were 68 pieces of orange, lime, and cherry candies in total. He separated them by flavor and found that there were 2 more orange than lime and 4 more cherry than orange. How many cherry candies were in the bag?

Answer 1

Number of limes are 20

Number of oranges are 22

Number of cherries are 26

Explanation:

number of pieces of total candies = 68

Let the number of limes is y.

Number of orange = y + 2

Number of cherry = 4 + y + 2

So,

According to the question

y + y + 2 + 4 + 2 + y = 68

3 y + 8 = 68

3y = 60

y = 20

Number of limes are 20

Number of oranges are 22

Number of cherries are 26