Question

A pom-pom manufacturer makes each of its pom-poms with 35% white strands (w), 25% blue strands (b), and 40% red strands (r). If each pom-pom has a total of 80 strands, how many of strands of each color are needed to make a pair of pom-poms? In this activity, you’ll work through this pom-pom problem step by step.

Answer 1

28 white strands , 20 blue strands and 32 red strands are needed to make a pair of pom-poms

Explanation:

Given :A pom-pom manufacturer makes each of its pom-poms with 35% white strands (w), 25% blue strands (b), and 40% red strands (r).

To Find : If each pom-pom has a total of 80 strands, how many of strands of each color are needed to make a pair of pom-poms?

Solution:

Total Strands = 80

White Strands = 35%

No. of white strands =
`35\% * 80 =(35)/(100) * 80 =28`

Blue Strands = 25%

No. of blue strands =
`25\% * 80 =(25)/(100) * 80 =20`

Red Strands = 40%

No. of Red strands =
`40\% * 80 =(40)/(100) * 80 =32`

Hence 28 white strands , 20 blue strands and 32 red strands are needed to make a pair of pom-poms