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There are 175 bags of snacks, if the ratio of potato chips to popcorn is 5:2 , how many chips are there?

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Soul Chaser, this is the solution to the exercise:

We have 175 bags of snacks

Ratio: Potato Chips 5 : Popcorn 2

Therefore,

5x + 2x = 175

7x = 175

Dividing by 7 at both sides:

7x/7 = 175/7

x = 25

Now, we can estimate the number of snacks, as follows:

• Potato chips = 5x = 5 * 25 = 125

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• Popcorn = 2x = 2 * 25 = 50

We have 125 bags of Potato chips.

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