Question

Zack bought a large box of microwave popcorn. The box contained 3 bags of butter-flavored popcorn for every 2 bags of plain popcorn. If the box contained 12 bags of plain popcorn, how many bags of microwave popcorn did it contain altogether?

Answer 1

Answer: 30

Explanation:

Let the number of butter-flavored popcorn be represented by x.

Based on the information given in the question, we can generate an equation which will be:

3/2 = x/12

Cross multiply

2 × x = 3 × 12

2x = 36

x = 36/2

x = 18

There are 18 butter-flavored popcorn.

Therefore, the bags of microwave popcorn contain altogether will be:

= 12 + 18

= 30