Two-fifths of the candies in a bag are mint. there are 34 mint candies.

how many candies in total are in the bag?

There are total 85 candies in the bag.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let, total number of candies be 'x'.

We are given that,

There are total 34 mint candies in the bag.

Also, two-fifths of the total candies are mint.

Thus, we get,

i.e. 2x= 34 × 5

i.e. 2x = 170

i.e. x = 85

Hence, there are total 85 candies in the bag.

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents