SOLUTION: Gary puts orange, black & whites of candies in boxes for Halloween. After he fills a box 1/4 is orange, 1/6 is black and 21 are white. How many candies does he put in each box? Cou

Question 751969: Gary puts orange, black & whites of candies in boxes for Halloween. After he fills a box 1/4 is orange, 1/6 is black and 21 are white. How many candies does he put in each box? Could you explain how to work this problem. Thanks

Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The fractions must add to 1 (the total of all the candies expressed as a fraction). So that the fraction of white candies must be

Now if 21 represents 7/12 then

And therefore there are 36 pieces of candy

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