Question

Of a squirrel's hidden nuts, for every 55 that get found, there are 33 that do not get found. A squirrel hid 4040 nuts all together. How many of the nuts do not get found?

Answer 1

15 nuts do not get found.

Explanation:

The fraction which do not get found = 3 / (3+5)

= 3/8 = 3/8.

So out of the 40 , 3/8 * 40 = 15 are not found.