SOLUTION: A candy shop owner is making a new batch of 200 specialty lollipops. Exactly 1/4 of the lollipops are cherry-flavored. Another 40% are watermelon-flavored. The remaining lollipops

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Question 1210645: A candy shop owner is making a new batch of 200 specialty lollipops. Exactly 1/4 of the lollipops are cherry-flavored. Another 40% are watermelon-flavored. The remaining lollipops are split between grape and blue raspberry in a ratio of 3:2. How many blue raspberry lollipops did the shop owner make?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39838) About Me  (Show Source):
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                               QUANTITY
cherry                           50
watermelon                       80
grape                            3r
blue raspberry                   2r
TOTAL                           200

130%2B5r=200
5r=200-130
5r=70
r=14

Grape: 42
Blue Raspberry: 28