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Friday, May 22, 2009
M&M mix
How many M&Ms are there in a bag if half of them are red, quarter are yellow, one-seventh are green, and the remaining three are blue.
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3 comments:
28 m&m
1/2x+1/4x+1/7x + 3 = x
Yes!
14 M&Ms are red, 7 are yellow, 4 are green and 3 are blue.
Alina solves her 3rd puzzle and wins a prize.
I will be contacting all the winners by email.
RED=.50
YELLOW=.25
GREEN=.1429 [1/7=.1429]
RED+YELLOW+GREEN=.8929
BLUE=3=.1071 [1.00-.8929)
1.00/.1071=9.33
9.33*3=28 TOTAL M&Ms
.5000*28=14 RED
.2500*28=07 YELLOW
.1429*28=04 GREEN
.1071*28=03 BLUE
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