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For a treasure hunt game. 300 balls are hidden, 40% of them are yellow and the rest are white. sally's team finds 20% of the yellows balls and 80% of the white balls. how many balls did sally's team find

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24 yellow balls and 144 white balls are found
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168 balls because 40% of 300 is 120 which is the number of white balls so there would be 180 white balls and 20% is 120 is 24 when you multiply 20×120 and divide it by 100 and 80% of 180 is 144 white balls when you multiply 80×180 then divide by 100 and 144+24=168
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