Question

henry bought bags of socks each bag contained both red and blue socks he purchest 10 blue socks and 5 red socks in all if wach bag has 2 blue socks in it how many socks are in each bag

Answer 1

1 bag contains:

3 total socks

2 blue socks

1 red sock

Explanation:

`(10)/(5) :(2)/(y)`

10 · y = 5 · 2

10y = 10

10y ÷ 10 = 10 ÷ 10

y = 1