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A company produced a jumbo bag of red and white jelly beans for Canada Day in a 14:11 ratio. Khan Di ate 4 red and 3 white jelly beans each day from the bag until only 3 white jelly beans remained. To determine how many jelly beans were originally in the bag, we can set up an equation relating the number of red and white jelly beans eaten each day to the original quantities in the bag.

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Problem of The Week: WWW - Cemc.Uwaterloo - Ca

A company produced a jumbo bag of red and white jelly beans for Canada Day in a 14:11 ratio. Khan Di ate 4 red and 3 white jelly beans each day from the bag until only 3 white jelly beans remained. To determine how many jelly beans were originally in the bag, we can set up an equation relating the number of red and white jelly beans eaten each day to the original quantities in the bag.

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Problem of the Week


Problem D
Full of Beans
Canada celebrates its birthday every July 1st on Canada Day. The colours red
and white, the colours on the Canadian flag, are seen everywhere.
In honour of Canada Day, a company produced a jumbo bag of candy containing
only red and white jelly beans in the ratio 14:11 respectively.
Khan Di loves jelly beans and purchased one of the special packages of candy. He
decided to make the candy last as long as possible by eating exactly four red jelly
beans and three white jelly beans each day. Finally one day he ate the last four
red jelly beans along with three white jelly beans leaving three white jelly beans
in the bag.
How many candies were in the original bag of red and white jelly beans?

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