For 12 points: two fifths of the candies in a bag are mint. there are 34 mint candies. how many candies in total are in the bag?

2/5 of total are mint
mint is 34
2/5 of total is 34
total is c
2/5 of c is 34

2/5 times c=34
times both sides by 5/2 (5/2 times 2/5=10/10=1)
1c=170/2
c=85

I hope this helps!

Think of it as five or above give it a shove. change the 5 or above to the right to a zero and add one to the number on the left.