PSLE Gem has a number of files in three colours: brown, green and blue.
611 of the files are brown. The number of brown files is twice the number of green files. What fraction of the files is blue?
Brown |
Green |
Blue |
Total |
6x1 |
5x1 |
11x1 |
2x3 |
1x3 |
|
|
6 u |
3 u |
2 u |
11 u |
Number of brown files is the repeated identity.
Make the number of brown files the same.
LCM of 6 and 2 = 6
Number of blue files
= 11 u - 6 u - 3 u
= 2 u
Fraction of the files that is blue
=
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