SOLUTION: I need your help please!!!! There are 6 candies in a bag that is 30% full. How many candies are in a full bag? I tried the best I could and got 15 candies can you please show me ho

Question 794117: I need your help please!!!! There are 6 candies in a bag that is 30% full. How many candies are in a full bag? I tried the best I could and got 15 candies can you please show me how to answer this problem on a ratio table or graph because that's what I'm learning and I don't get it but I tried and I got 15 candies thank you
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= number of candies in a full bag.
I see two ways of attacking the problem:

You can see this as a problem of proportions:
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You can remember what percentages mean. Percentages are fractions and can be written as decimals.
30% =
To calculate 30% of some amount you calculate 3/10 of that amount, by multiplying the amount times 3/10 or 0.3.
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NOTE:
If your teacher objects to two or more equal signs in one math sentence, just pretend I wrote
30% = --> 30% = and
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