SOLUTION: One student ate 3/20 of all candies and another 1.2 lb. The second student ate 3/5 of the candies and the remaining 0.3 lb. What weight of candies did they each eat?

Question 1163161: One student ate 3/20 of all candies and another 1.2 lb. The second student ate 3/5 of the candies and the remaining 0.3 lb. What weight of candies did they each eat?
Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Regarding the second student, from the condition we conclude that the remaining 0.3 lb represent    of his candies.

So,    of his candies is   = 0.15 lb;  hence, the weight of his candies is 5 times 0.15 lb, i.e. 0.75 lb.    ANSWER




Regarding the first student, the relevant info does not present a self-closed Math problem.


It requires additional assumptions from the outside of the given formulation.


So, strictly speaking, that part is not a Math style problem --- it is a Puzzle style, instead.

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