17. The length of a rectangle is 12 in, and the perimeter is 56 in. Find the width of the rectangle.
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Draw a picture and do a proportion.
Answer: proportion of candies are green.
Solution:
In bag A, candies are yellow.
this proportion shows ratio of favorable over total candies.
Here numerator number is 2.
So, Total number of yellow candies should be 2x
Total number of candies in Bag A would be 3x
Number of green candies in bag A = 3x-2x = x
Now we find the portion of green candies in bag A
portion of candies are green in bag A