clark wants to figure how many pens to order for the office. there are 48 workers, and he needs to order one pen for each worker. he knows that for every six who prefer red, there are six who prefer blue. how many pens should he order?

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clark wants to figure how many pens to order for the   office. there are 48 workers, and he needs to order one pen for each worker. he knows that for every six who prefer red, there are six who prefer blue. how many pens should he order?

anonymous · Answer

Since equal number of people prefer red and blue pens, we can divide the total number of pens into 2 categories
1.24 blue pens
2.24 red pens
clearly for every 6 people who want red, 6 people want blue
so for every 24 people who want red, 24 people want blue

selfconfidence777 · Answer

thanks you very much !!!! :p