Question

Ayana and Aaliyah are having a candy-eating contest. For every 5 skittles that Ayana eats, Aaliyah eats 8 skittles. After 20 minutes of eating skittles. The judge says that they had eaten 234 skittles altogether. How many more skittles did Aaliyah eat than Ayana?

Answer 1

Explanation:

5x18=90

8×18=144

144+90=234

Aaliyah eat 144 skittles

Answer 2

5x + 8x = 13 when x=1

13x = 234

x= 18

ayana: 18(5) = 90

aaliyah: 18(8) = 144

to prove 90 + 144 = 234

so 144 (aaliyah) - 90 (ayana) = aaliyah ate 54 more skittles than ayana