In a bag of blue and yellow candies, the ratio of blue candies to yellow candies is 3:5. If the bag contains 60 yellow candies,

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how many blue candies are there?

2 answers:

antiseptic1488 [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-06T00:27:28+03:00

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Answer:

36 blues

Step-by-step explanation:

elena-14-01-66 [18.8K] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-06T02:39:47+03:00

Answer:

36 blue Candies

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x ----> the number of blue Candies

y ----> the number of yellow Candies

we know that

The ratio of blue candied and yellow candies is 3:5

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of blue candied and yellow candies is 3:5

so

x = 3

y 5 -----> equation A

the bag contains 60 yellow Candies

so

y=60 ----> equation B

substitute equation B in equation A

r 3

60 5

solve for x

x=3 (60) = 36

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