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

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Rayne Fischer

15 August, 15:26

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

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Adam Pena · Answer 1

A ratio of 1:1 means two halves, so that means there are 600 beans total inside the jar. The ratio implies that there are the same number of pinto beans as black beans