Tea Bags of Earl Grey tea weigh 2 grams each, and bags of green tea weigh 3 grams each. A restaurant makes ice tea using 2/5 of the weight from the tea of Earl Grey tea, and 3/5 of green tea. If 180 bags of Earl Grey tea are used, how many bags of green tea are needed?
180 bags of EG (at 2 oz each) ... 360 oz EG ... this is 2/5 of the total weight
total weight is ... 360 oz / (2/5) = 900 oz
so, 540 oz green tea (at 3 oz each) ... 540 / 3 = ? bags green tea
yes, i go to som. The answer is in fact 180! it may seem as if it is 270 but my teacher merked it as wrong and said it was 180. I dont know the explanation but i hope this helped.
180
most ppl said 270,but idk
It is 180, the reason is there weight, Earl is 2g and Green is 3g. Earl is 2/5 Green is 3/5. This means there is a 1:1 ratio between Earl and Green tea bags
180(Earl Grey)/(2/5)= 450(Total)
450-180=270(Green Tea)
Answer = 270
180 divided by 2=90
90=1/5
90x3=270
270=3/5(number of green tea bags needed)
Answer:270
Hope this helped!:)))
SO what is the final answer?
yes
Answer (Still a Theory)
2/5 are 40%, and 40% = 4.
3/5 are 60%, and 60% = 6.
In total, there needs to be 100% in total( 4+6= 10, ×10 for percentage)
And, if there are 180 bags, you just need to do 180 ÷ 4 (45) ×6 = 270.
However, this is just a theory, and I just do not know if this is correct or not, so... IDK