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  • 25-02-2019
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A bag contains red, yellow and green sweets.2/5 of the sweets are red and 1/4 of the sweets are yellow. What fraction of the sweets are green?​

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  • 25-02-2019

Answer:

Let x = the number or green sweets

Let x + 8 = the number of red sweets

red/green: (x + 8)/x = 5/3      Cross multiply

5x = 3(x + 8)

5x = 3x + 24

2x = 24

x = 12 green sweets

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