document.write( "Question 143448: a candy jar has red and black licorice sticks. There are 12 more red licorice sticks than black. If jorge chooses one licorice stick, without looking, there is a 60% probability that it is red. How many red licorice sticks are in the candy jar? \n" ); document.write( "
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a candy jar has red and black licorice sticks. There are 12 more red licorice sticks than black. If jorge chooses one licorice stick, without looking, there is a 60% probability that it is red. How many red licorice sticks are in the candy jar?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let # of black be \"x\" ; Then # of red = \"x+12\"
\n" ); document.write( "Total number of sticks is 2x+12
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\n" ); document.write( "EQUATION:
\n" ); document.write( "# red/total # = 0.60
\n" ); document.write( "(x+12)/(2x+12) = 0.6
\n" ); document.write( "x+12 = 0.6(2x+12)
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by 10 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "10x+120 = 6(2x+12)
\n" ); document.write( "10x+120 = 12x+72
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 48
\n" ); document.write( "x = 24 (# of black sticks)
\n" ); document.write( "x+12 = 36 (# of red sticks)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "
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