Question

In a candy mix there are 4 green bars for every 3 red bars. How many red bars are there if there are 200 green bars?

Answer 1

For every 200 green bars, there are 150 red bars.

Explanation:

Since there are 4 green bars for every 3 red bars and we are trying to find the number of red bars if there are 200 green bars, we can create the ratio:

`4x : 3y`

Where `x` is equal to the number of green bars and `y` is the number of red bars.

We know the number of green bars is equal to 200, so we can divide it by 4, giving us:

`->200 / 4 = 50`

Then we can solve for `y`, the number of red bars.

// Multiple `y` by 50

`3 * 50 = 150`

So for every 4 green bars, there are 3 red bars.
For every 200 green bars, there are 150 red bars.