red and grey bricks were used to build a decorative wall. the number of red bricks over the number of grey bricks was 5/. there were 224 bricks used in all. how many red bricks were used?

Mathematics · College · Thu Feb 04 2021

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Given the statement:

Red and grey bricks were used to build a decorative wall. the number of red bricks over the number of grey bricks was 5. 

Determine the number of red bricks used if there were 224 bricks in all.

Solution:

In order to determine the number of red bricks, we simply subtract the number of grey bricks to 224.

= 224 - 5

 = 219

Final answer:

219 red bricks were used in total.