Question

A bag contains 18
red balls and 4
blue.
What percentage of balls are red?

Answer 1

Answer:

81.818181....%

Step-by-step explanation:

total balls=22

% of red balls=18/22×100

=81.8181...%

Answer 2

Given

$\bold{Total \ number \ of \ red \ balls} = 18$

$\bold{Total \ number \ of \ blue \ balls} =4$

$\bold{Total \ number \ of \ balls}\\ =4+18 \\= 22$

To Find

Percentage of red balls

FORMULA TO BE USED

$= \sf \dfrac{Number \ of \ red \ balls}{Total \ number \ of \ balls} \times 100$

$=\dfrac{18}{22} \times 100$

$=\dfrac{1800}{22}$

$= 81.81\%$

$\boxed{\boxed{\bold{Therefore, \ the \ percentage \ of \ red \ balls \ is \ 81.81 \ \%}}}}}}$