SOLUTION: In a jar of 960 jelly beans 1/6 of the jelly beans are red and 1/8 of the jelly beans are green a) How many of the jelly beans are red? b) How many of the jelly beans are

SOLUTION: In a jar of 960 jelly beans 1/6 of the jelly beans are red and 1/8 of the jelly beans are green a) How many of the jelly beans are red? b) How many of the jelly beans are

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Question 248358: In a jar of 960 jelly beans 1/6 of the jelly beans are red and 1/8 of the jelly beans are green
a) How many of the jelly beans are red?
b) How many of the jelly beans are green?
c) How many of the jelly beans are either red or green?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
960*1/6=160 RED BEANS.
960*1/8=120 GREEN BEANS.
160+120=280 BEANS ARE EITHER RED OR GREEN.
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