40 sweets are in a jar. 50% are red, 25% are yellow, 15% are green and the rest is blue. how many sweets are blue? *
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40 sweets are in a jar. 50% are red, 25% are yellow, 15% are green and the rest is blue. How many sweets are blue?
Solution :
Total no of sweets in the jar → 40
50 % are red of total
25 % are yellow
15 % are green
So total % of sweets except blue = 50 + 25 + 15 = 90 %
So % of blue sweets = 100 % – 90 %
= 10 %
So no of blue sweets is 4
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40 sweets are in a jar. 50% are red, 25% are yellow, 15% are green and the rest is blue. How many sweets are blue?
Solution :
Total no of sweets in the jar → 40
50 % are red of total
25 % are yellow
15 % are green
So total % of sweets except blue = 50 + 25 + 15 = 90 %
So % of blue sweets = 100 % – 90 %
= 10 %
No.of.Blue Sweets = 40 × 10%
= 40 × 10/100 = 40 × 1/10 = 4 sweets
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