Question

If the ratio of wiping is the green peas is 2 to 8 and there are a total of 30 pens how many pens are white

Answer 1

2x+8x=30. x= #of pens

10x=30. combine like terms

x=3. divide by 10 to isolate (get by itself) x

2(3)=6. the # of white pens are represented by 2x

6 white pens



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