SOLUTION: Would you please explain how to work this problem. Thank you in advance. There are 5 white beans. There are 1/3 as many white beans as red. There are 2/3 as many pinto beans

Algebra ->  Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems -> SOLUTION: Would you please explain how to work this problem. Thank you in advance. There are 5 white beans. There are 1/3 as many white beans as red. There are 2/3 as many pinto beans      Log On

Hi

white beans: 5

red beans:   15   |3*5

pinto beans: 10   |2/3)*15

black beans:  9   |3/5)*15

             39  Beans in all of which 9 are black   | 9/39 = 3/13 of them are black