katiepavlovich katiepavlovich

23-09-2018
Mathematics

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You have 2 orange picks for every 5 green. If there are 21 picks in all how many picks are orange

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premeke premeke

23-09-2018

15 picks are oranges

Answer:

2 ORANGE = 5 GREEN

GREEN = 2/5 ORANGE = 0.4 ORANGE

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ORANGE + GREEN = 21

ORANGE + 0.4 ORANGE = 21

1.4 ORANGE = 21

ORANGE = 15

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lizziefawn lizziefawn

23-09-2018

6 picks are orange Because if you have 3 sets of green ( 15 picks) and 2 for each set (2x3 =6) you would have 6 of the 21 that are orange . 15 +6 =21

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