I have 97 pieces of candy that I would like to put into plastic Easter eggs to hide for my kids. I want to hide 40 eggs in total, some blue and some purple. (Blue and purple are their favorite colors.) The blue eggs hold 3 pieces of candy, and the purple eggs hold 2 pieces of candy. How many blue eggs and how many purple eggs should I get?

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Madden Hammond

6 April, 15:32

I have 97 pieces of candy that I would like to put into plastic Easter eggs to hide for my kids. I want to hide 40 eggs in total, some blue and some purple. (Blue and purple are their favorite colors.) The blue eggs hold 3 pieces of candy, and the purple eggs hold 2 pieces of candy. How many blue eggs and how many purple eggs should I get?

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Rey Saunders · Answer 1

17 blue eggs and 23 purple

Step-by-step explanation:

what we do is very simple

2 eggs one of each = 5

Then we distribute 97

b = (90/2 + 1 + 1) / 3 p = (90/2 + 1) / 2

b = 47/2 p = 46 / 2

b = 17 p = 23