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Hudson bought several cans of tennis balls. Each contained both green and yellow tennis balls. He purchased 10 green tennis balls and 5 yellow tennis balls in all. If each can has 2 green tennis balls in it, how many yellow tennis balls are in each can?

User Brunobg
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Answer:

1

Explanation:

We don't know how many cans Hudson bought.

We are told, he bought:

10 green balls

5 yellow balls

Each can has 2 green balls, so there are:

10/2 = 5 cans

How can we distribute 5 yellow balls in 5 cans? Simple!

5/5 = 1

Put 1 yellow ball in each can.

So, each can will have:

2 green + 1 yellow (balls)

So, each can has 1 yellow ball

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