A jar pinto beans and black beans in a ratio of 1:1, and 300 of the beans are pinto beans. How many beans are there in the jar?

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Wayne Combs

29 May, 05:02

A jar pinto beans and black beans in a ratio of 1:1, and 300 of the beans are pinto beans. How many beans are there in the jar?

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Ricardo Powers · Answer 1

Answer: 600 beans

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the beans are in a ratio 1:1, you can write it like this: x/x. Since we know x=300, we can do this: x/x=300/?. We know x is again 300 (given) so, x/x=300/300. Total is adding the 2 beans up which is 300+300=600