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Question from emilyd, a student: I had a packet of sweets. I put 1/5 of the sweets into Container A, 1/3 of them in Container G, 10 sweets in container C and the rest in container D. If the number of sweets in container D is equal to 75% of the total number of sweets in container A and B, how many sweets are there altogether? |
Hi Emilyd,
I can help you get started.
What fraction of the sweets is in containers A and G together? 75% is 3/4 so what fraction of the sweets is in container D? 1 minus this fraction is the fraction of sweets in container C and you know this number is 10.
If you need more assistance w.rite back and tell us what you did.
Penny
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