Question

Mike has 3 orange picks for every 2 green picks. If their are 25 picks in all , how many picks are orange

Answer 1

so every 3 orange picks there are 2 green picks so 6 orange picks leads to 4 green pick and just keep adding to each side. 9 orange picks is 6 green picks, 12 orange picks is 8 green picks. Therefore you add 3 to 12 and get 15 which means 15 orange picks is your answer.