A bag contains orange blocks and pink blocks. The ratio of orange block to pink blocks is 2 to 11. If 121 pink blocks are in the bag, how many orange blocks are in the bag?

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A bag contains orange blocks and pink blocks. The ratio of orange block to pink blocks is 2 to 11. If 121 pink blocks are in the bag, how many orange blocks are in the bag?

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Answer 1 · 2017-09-15T04:26:18

#22# orange blocks.

Explanation:

So, there are #2# orange blocks for every #11# pink blocks.
Let's denote the amount of orange blocks as #x#.
#121/11 = x/2#
Multiplying both sides by #22#, we get
#242=11x#
Dividing both sides by #11#, we arrive at our answer:
#242/11=(11x)/11 -> 22=x#

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A bag contains orange blocks and pink blocks. The ratio of orange block to pink blocks is 2 to 11. If 121 pink blocks are in the bag, how many orange blocks are in the bag?

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