Question

In a candy mix there are 4 green bars for every 3 red bars. How many red bars are there if there are 200 green bars?

Answer 1

Answer: There are 150 red bars.

Step-by-step explanation: How you solve this is that the green to red bar ratio is 4/3. So you have to solve for 200/?. If 200 divided by 4 is 50. That means that is you multiply 50 by the 3 red bars you get 150.

Answer 2

150 red bars

Explanation:

To solve this, you can use proportions. First, set up your two ratios (4:3 is equal to 200:___). Each ration represents the number of green bars to red bars. To get from 4 to 200, you can multiply 4 by 50. You could do the same to 3. 3 times 50 is 150, so there are 150 red bars.