Question

Evelyn is making a candy that contains 25% dark chocolate and the rest milk chocolate. The candy has 3 pounds of milk chocolate.

Answer 1

Part A:

If 25% is dark chocolate and the rest is milk chocolate then, dark + milk = all

25% + milk chocolate= 100%

Subtract 25% from both sides and 100 minus 25 is 75 so, milk chocolate is 75% of all the chocolate.

Now, if there is 3 pounds of milk chocolate then 3 pounds= 75%.

You would divide by 3 so, 75 divided by 3 is 25.

1 pound or lb= 25% which us the amount of dark chocolate that there is.

Now, we know that there milk chocolate is 75% and dark chocolate is 25% of all the chocolate.

M= pounds of milk chocolate

D= dark chocolate

Equation: m divided by d or m/d= 75 divided by 25 or 75/25 or m/d=3 and m=3

3 divided by d or 3/d=3

3=3d

D=1

Part B:

There is 1 pound of dark chocolate in the candy.

Hope this helps! :)