8 Skittles come in colors of red, orange, green, purple, and yellow. A snack size bag of skittles has 4 red candies out of a tot

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8 Skittles come in colors of red, orange, green, purple, and yellow. A snack size bag of skittles has 4 red candies out of a tot

al of 15 pieces. How many skittles would you expect to be red if you buy a bag containing 273 pieces? 7

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1 answer:

k0ka [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-12T10:09:06+03:00

Answer: 73

Step-by-step explanation:

You use the bowtie method to get the answer for this problem. This is where you do 4/15 and x/273. You multiply 4 by 273 and x by 15. Resulting in the answers 1092 and 15x. To find the value of x, you divide 1092 by 15. and get 72.8. I rounded up to 73.