SOLUTION: The ratio of red jellybeans to yellow jellybeans is 3:4. Jerry eats 3 red jellybeans and 6 yellow leaving the remaining ratio of red jellybeans to yellow jellybeans as 4:5. How man
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Question 777008: The ratio of red jellybeans to yellow jellybeans is 3:4. Jerry eats 3 red jellybeans and 6 yellow leaving the remaining ratio of red jellybeans to yellow jellybeans as 4:5. How many yellow jellybeans were originally in the jar?" Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The ratio of red jellybeans to yellow jellybeans is 3:4. Jerry eats 3 red jellybeans and 6 yellow leaving the remaining ratio of red jellybeans to yellow jellybeans as 4:5. How many yellow jellybeans were originally in the jar?"
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3:4 is the same as 3x:4x where 3x is the number of red jbs
and 4x is the number of yellow jbs.
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Equation:
3x-3 : 4x-6 = 4:5
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5(3x-3) = 4(4x-6)
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15x - 15 = 16x - 24
x = 9
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# of red = 3x = 3*9 = 27
# of yellow = 4x = 4*9 = 36
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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