Question

On a plate of sandwiches 2/5 of them are egg sandwiches and the rest are chicken sandwiches.if there are 24 egg sandwiches how many sandwiches are altogether?

Answer 1

On a plate of sandwiches 2/5 of them are egg sandwiches and the rest are chicken sandwiches.if there are 24 egg sandwiches. The number of sandwiches altogether is 60

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total number of sandwiches is x

Given total number of egg sandwiches is 24

Given egg sandwiches is $\dfrac{2}{5}$

chicken sandwiches will be $1-\dfrac{2}{5} =\dfrac{3}{5}$

$\dfrac{2}{5} \ \textrm{of}\ \textrm{x}=24$

$\Rightarrow 2\textrm{x}=24\times5$

$\Rightarrow \textrm{x}=\frac{120}{2}$

$\Rightarrow \textrm{x}=60$

Therefore total number of sandwiches is 60