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.

 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,

So, there are 10 red skittles in the bag and

The number of orange skittles in the bag is given by

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

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