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Lynn has a box of crayons.
4/9 of the crayons are blue
65% of the remaining crayons are red.
The other 14 crayons are yellow.
How many crayons are in the box altogether?​

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Answer:

There are 72 crayons in the box

Step-by-step explanation:

Fractions

To solve this problem we'll manage numbers as fractions to keep the precision up to the end of it.

Lynn has a box of crayons. It's given 4/9 of the crayons are blue. The remaining crayons are:

[tex]1-\frac{4}{9}=\frac{5}{9}[/tex]

From that portion, 65% are red, or equivalently, 35% are yellow.

We write 35% as a fraction:

[tex]\displaystyle 35\%=\frac{35}{100}=\frac{7}{20}[/tex]

Thus, the portion of yellow crayons is:

[tex]\displaystyle \frac{7}{20}\cdot \frac{5}{9}=\frac{7}{36}[/tex]

This fraction of x crayons is equal to 14, thus:

[tex]\displaystyle x=\frac{14}{\frac{7}{36}}=14\cdot\frac{36}{7}[/tex]

x = 72

There are 72 crayons in the box

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