Answer:
45 mushrooms
Explanation:
Ella and Ola had 70 mushrooms altogether. 5/9 of Ella's mushrooms are brown and 2/17 of Ola's mushrooms are white. How many mushrooms did Ella have?
Let the amount of Ella's mushrooms be x
Let the amount of Ola's mushrooms be y
If Ella and Ola had 70 mushrooms altogether, then;
x + y = 70
5/9 x = brown
2/17 y = white
Substiute
x + 5/9 x = 70
14 x/9 = 70
14x = 9 * 70
x = 9* 5
x = 45
Hence Ella has 45 mushrooms