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The ratio of yellow tulip bulb to red tulip in a package is 2 to 3. There are 100 tulip in the package. How many of each color bulbs is there.

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jcherry99

Answer:

  • Yellow: 40
  • Red: 60

Step-by-step explanation:

You have to distinguish the difference between a ratio of yellow bulb to red bulb and red bulb to total and yellow bulb to total. The totals are where you start.

2 bulbs out of 5 are yellow

3 bulbs out of 5 are red

Yellow

Set up the proportion for yellow. You could start with red.

  • 2/5 = x / 100     Cross multiply
  • 5x = 2 * 100       Combine the right.
  • 5x = 200            Divide by 5
  • 5x/5 = 200/5     Simplify
  • x = 40                 Answer 1. Yellow bulbs

Red

  • 3/5 = x / 100       Cross multiply
  • 5x = 3*100           Simplify
  • 5x = 300             Divide by 5
  • 5x/5 = 300/5       Simplify
  • x = 60                   Answer 2. Red bulbs.

Note: Yellow to red is 2/3            

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