Algebra question

Question

In a bag of M &M's there are 50 brown, 30 yellow, 25 red, 20 orange, 15 green, and 10 blue.

Assuming that all M&M bags have the same proportion, how many of each color would be in a bag

of 80 M&M's? Show all your work on a seperate piece of paper.

Brown

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Yellow

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Red

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Orange

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Green

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Blue

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Answer 1

80/150 = 8/15

brown = 50(8/15) =10(8/3) = 80/3 = 26 2/3

yellow = 30(8/15) = 16

red = 25(8/15) = 5(8/3) = 40/3 = 13 1/3

orange 20(8/15) = 32/3 = 10 2/3

green 15(8/15) = 8

blue = 10(8/15) = 16/3 = 5 1/3

26 2/3 + 16 + 13 1/3 + 10 2/3 + 8 + 5 1/3 = 78 6/3 = 80

brown 27, yellow 16, red 13, orange 11, green 8, blue 5

in a bag of 80