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There are 100 skittles in a bowl. their colors are red, green, and yellow. 2/5 are yellow and 1/4 are green. how many red skittles are in the bowl?

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In this case we have 1/4 are green then (1/4) * 100 = 25. Then, 2/5 are yellow then (2/5) * 100 = 40. Therefore if the total number of skitles is 100, then the red skittles will be 100-40-25 = 35. There are 35 red skitles.
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Answer:

There are [tex]35[/tex] red skittles in the bowl

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x-----> the number of red skittles in the bowl

we know that

[tex]\frac{2}{5}100+\frac{1}{4}100+x=100[/tex]

solve for x

[tex]40+25+x=100\\x=100-65\\ x=35[/tex]

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