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In a bag of blue and yellow candies, the ratio of blue candies to yellow candies is 3:5. If the bag contains 60 yellow candies, how many blue candies are there?

User Paulo Belo
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Answer:

36 blue Candies

Explanation:

Let

x ----> the number of blue Candies

y ----> the number of yellow Candies

we know that

The ratio of blue candied and yellow candies is 3:5

Explanation:

The ratio of blue candied and yellow candies is 3:5

so

x = 3

y 5 -----> equation A

the bag contains 60 yellow Candies

so

y=60 ----> equation B

substitute equation B in equation A

r 3

60 5

solve for x

x=3 (60) = 36

5

User Mecaveli
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Answer:

36 blues

Explanation:

User Ssekhar
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