Mrs liew had 50 candies and chocolates altogether. If she exchange every chocolate for 3 candies, she would have a total of 104 candies. How many chocolates did she has at first?
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alfretztay
Method 1 :
104 – 50 = 54 (candies exchanged for chocolates)
54/(3 – 1) = 27
Method 2 :
candles : chocolates : total
104 : 0 : 104
101 : 1 : 102
98 : 2 : 100
…
23 : 27 : 50
Ans : 27 chocolates.
John Lim
50 x 3 = 150
150 – 104 = 46
3 – 1 = 2
46 /2 = 23 candies
50 – 23 = 27 chocolates