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lara [203]
2 years ago
12

Nasir and Seif began with an equal number of Skittles. Nasir ate 10 Skittles, and Seif ate 6. Now the ratio of Nasir's Skittles

to Seif's Skittles is 2:3. How many Skittles did they each start with?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Finger [1]2 years ago
7 0
X=Amount of skittles at the start.
Nasir ate 10 skittles and Seif ate 6 skittles so the number of skittles they had(x) - how many they both ate equals : 2/3;

(x-10)/(x-6)=2/3
3(x-10)=2(x-6)
3x-30=2x-12
x-30=-12
x=18

They each started with 18 skilttles.
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