Question

okay so I have to figure out the number of M&M's in a box with using the mass of an empty box, and the mass of a box with M&M's.

Data so far:
mass of 1 plain M&M: .8
mass of empty box: 34.2
Box w/ M&M's: 129.2
Total mass of plain M&M's in the box: 95


mass of peanut M&M: 2.4
mass of empty box: 34.2
box w/ peanut M&M's: 127.1
Total mass of peanut M&M in box: 92.8


& the questions I need help on are:
Calculate the number of plain M&M's in the box.

&
Calculate the number of peanut M&M's in the box.

Answer 1

@brieculver Hello there. Shall we solve your prob together? This is fairly simply, but I like you to do the calculations.

Answer 2

Thats fine just tell me how @Frostbite

Answer 3

Well I help you with first one then you take the last one.

The plain M&M problem:
If we know the total mass of M&M in the box and we know the mass of 1 we can simply divide them with each other and get
\[\Large n(M\&M)=\frac{ 95 }{ 0.8 }=118.75\]

Answer 4

but wait no I need to find out how many M&M's are in the box with this data..
@Frostbite

Answer 5

Exactly. That is indeed what you do. you can put units on if you like and see it is true. Lets just for fun assume the mass is in gram:

\[\Large \frac{ 95 ~ gram }{ 0.8 \frac{ gram }{ M\&M } } = 118.75 ~ M\&M\]
You see?

Answer 6

The total mass of M&M inside the box you get from simple withdraw the mass of the box from the mass of box /w M&Ms, which they for some reason already gave you...

Answer 7

oh okay I see but it didn't seem like that much. But then again looks can be perceiving but thank you!!