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Brock and his brothers bought their mom a 3 pound box of candy. Each candy was wrapped in colored foil and weighed 2 ounces.
There were at least 3 wrappers of each color.
There were twice as many blue wrappers as green wrappers.
The number of gold wrappers equaled the number of silver wrappers.
There was one more candy wrapped in green than in silver.
The total number of gold and silver wrappers was equal to the number of red wrappers.
How many candies were wrapped in each color?
Remember, there are 16 ounces to a pound
There were at least 3 wrappers of each color.
There were twice as many blue wrappers as green wrappers.
The number of gold wrappers equaled the number of silver wrappers.
There was one more candy wrapped in green than in silver.
The total number of gold and silver wrappers was equal to the number of red wrappers.
How many candies were wrapped in each color?
Remember, there are 16 ounces to a pound
Hint
Work with the first information to find the total number of candies, and then guess and check or use algebra.Answer
Color NumberSilver 3
Gold 3
Red 6
Blue 8
Green 4
Total 24
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