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13.
There is a box containing both red and green apples. There are 60 apples in total.
Determine the number of green apples if 40% of the apples are red.
a
b)
c)
d)
42
36
34
20

Respuesta :

justicemoya35

Answer:

36 green apples

Step-by-step explanation:

Red=40%

Green =x%

40/100 × 60apples

0.4×60

24red apples

so 60-24

36green apples

Answer:

b) 36.

Step-by-step explanation:

Justicemoya35 has an excellent answer, but I will provide a slightly different approach!

According to the word problem, the box contains 60 apples.

If 40% of the apples are red, then 60% of the apples are green.

As I mentioned before, there are 60 apples; 60% of the 60 apples are green.

This means we have the find 60% of 60.

We can find the percentage of a number by using this formula:

60% OF 60

[tex]\frac{is}{of} =\frac{percent}{100}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{x}{60} =\frac{60}{100}[/tex]

Now that I've correctly set up the problem, we cross multiply, then divide the products.

[tex]60*60=3600[/tex]

[tex]100*x=100x[/tex]

[tex]3600/100x=36[/tex]

[tex]x=36.[/tex]

Therefore, 36 apples are red.

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