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A bag contains 20% red balls, 30% green balls, and the rest blue balls. If there are 80 blue balls, what is the total number of balls?
- 100
- 160
- 200
- 240
Correct answer: 160
Solution
Red and green balls together are 50%, so blue balls are the remaining 50%. If 50% corresponds to 80 balls, then 100% corresponds to 160 balls.
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