Question

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Barnaby has 288 counters in a bag.
The counters are red, yellow and white.
38 ofthecountersarered.
The other counters are yellow and white in the ratio 1:4
Work out how many counters of each colour there are.

Please Answer!

30 points!!
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Answer 1

Explanation:

the numbers of the yellow and white counters

= 288- 38 = 250.

the ratio of yellow to white = 1:4

so,

the numbers of the yellow counters =

1/(1+4) × 250 =1/5 ×250 = 50

the numbers of the white counters =

4/(1+4) ×250 = 4/5 ×250 = 200

and the numbers of the red counters = 38