Question

85% of all cars sold in chicago are some color other than black. if three hundred black cars were sold in chicago, how many cars were sold there?

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Answer 1

of 85% of cars sold where not black then 100-85% where black = 15%
let the number of cars sold be y
then 15%*y=300
y= 300 divided by 15%
= (300*100)/15
=2000
therefore 2000 cars were sold