Question

A game contains 3 bags of green chips 2 bags of red chips and 5 bags og yellow chips. there ard 25 green chips in a bag and 30 red chips in a bag. there are as many yellow chips as green and red chips combined. part a- how many yellow chips are in one bag? part b- all of the chips are divided equally among the players in the game. during one game each player gets a total of 54 chips. how many total players are in this game?

Answer 1

1 game has 3 bags of green chips ; 2 bags of red chips ; 5 bags of yellow chips
1 bag: 25 green chips
1 bag: 30 red chips

total number of chips:
green: 3 x 25 = 75 
red: 2 x 30 = 60
yellow: 75 + 60 = 135  answer to part a.

75 + 60 + 135 = 270 total number of chips.

270 / 54 = 5 players. answer to part b.

Each of the 5 players will have 15 green chips, 12 red chips, and 27 yellow chips, for a total of 54 chips.