A bag contains orange blocks and pink blocks. The ratio of orange block to pink blocks is 2 to 11. If 121 pink blocks are in the bag, how many orange blocks are in the bag?

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2022-09-28

A bag contains orange blocks and pink blocks. The ratio of orange block to pink blocks is 2 to 11. If 121 pink blocks are in the bag, how many orange blocks are in the bag?

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Jarrett Pearson

Jarrett Pearson

Beginner2022-09-29Added 4 answers

So, there are 2 orange blocks for every 11 pink blocks.
Let's denote the amount of orange blocks as x.
121 11 = x 2
Multiplying both sides by 22, we get
242=11x
Dividing both sides by 11, we arrive at our answer:
242 11 = 11 x 11 22 = x

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