Sweet t has 2 orange picks for every five green. if there are 21 picks in all, how many picks are orange

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Maxime Lechevallier · Answer 1 · 2019-03-11T08:24:16+0000

21 picks
altogether (2x+5x)=21
7x=21
x=3
2*3=6 orange picks

or
x=orange, y = greens
x+y=21
x/y=2/5,----> y=5x/2
x+5x/2=21
2x/2+5x/2=21
7x/2=21
7x=42,
x=6 orange picks

Sweet t has 2 orange picks for every five green. if there are 21 picks in all, how many picks are orange

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