Kim made soup which contains 75 total ounces of beans
the soup has two kinds of beans ; black and red
there are 4 times as many ounces of black beans as red beans
how many ounces of red beans are in the soup?

15 ounces of red beans

Step-by-step explanation:

So, we know Kim's soup contains a total of 75 ounces of beans, including red beans (r) and black beans (b), so r + b = 75

Then we know that for each ounce of red beans, there are 4 ounces of black beans, 1b = 4r

Then we merge both equations by replacing b's value in the first equation by its equivalent (b = 4r), since we are looking for the count of red beans.

r + b = 75

r + 4r = 75

5 r = 75

r = 15

There are 15 ounces of red beans in Kim's soup, that looks a lot like the last chili I made :-)

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