there are 10 less red skittles than orange Skittles in a bag. The orange Skittles are also twice the number of red skittles. Find the number of red and orange Skittles in the bag.

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RenatoMattice RenatoMattice · Answer 1 · 2018-11-13T08:35:36+01:00

Answer: there are 20 orange skittles and 10 red skittles in the bag.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Let the number of red skittles be x

Let the number of orange skittles be 2x

According to question,

[tex]2x-x=10\\x=10[/tex]

So, there are 10 red skittles in the bag and

The number of orange skittles in the bag is given by

[tex]2x=2\times 10=20[/tex]

Hence, there are 20 orange skittles and 10 red skittles in the bag.

Lanuel Lanuel · Answer 2 · 2021-09-17T13:31:27+02:00

The number of red and orange Skittles in the bag are;

I. Red skittles, R = 10

II. Orange skittles, S = 20

To find the number of red and orange Skittles in the bag;

Translating the word problem into a mathematical (algebraic) expression, we would have;

[tex]R = S - 10[/tex] ....equation 1.

[tex]S = 2R[/tex] ....equation 2.

Substituting eqn 2 into eqn 1, we have;

[tex]R = 2R - 10\\\\2R - R = 10[/tex]

Red skittles, R = 10

To find the number of orange skittles;

[tex]S = 2[/tex] × [tex]10[/tex]

Orange skittles, S = 20

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