Question

there are 10 less red skittles than orange Skittles in a bag. The orange Skittles are also twice the number of red skittles. Find the number of red and orange Skittles in the bag.

Answer 1

There are 20 orange skittles and 10 red skittles since 10 20 is 2 Times more than 10.

Answer 2

Answer:  there are 20 orange skittles and 10 red skittles in the bag.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Let the number of red skittles be x

Let the number of orange skittles be 2x

According to question,

$2x-x=10\\x=10$

So, there are 10 red skittles in the bag and

The number of orange skittles in the bag is given by

$2x=2\times 10=20$

Hence, there are 20 orange skittles and 10 red skittles in the bag.