SOLUTION: In a bag of M&M's the ratio of red candies to green candies is 5:4.
If there are 378 red and green candies, how many are red?
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Question 406531: In a bag of M&M's the ratio of red candies to green candies is 5:4.
If there are 378 red and green candies, how many are red?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5x+4x=378
9x=378
x=42
5x=210 red
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