Question

An had 480 mangoes. He gave Lucy 25% and John 10% of the remainder. He est. How many did he keep?

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Answer 1

Answer: 324

Step-by-step explanation: Take 25% and enter it into a calculator with the percentage sign and times it by 480 and then subtract the number you get from 480, which is 360. Take 10% and enter it and times it by 360 and subtract that number from 360 and you should get 324. :)

Answer 2

This proble looks a bit messy but thankfully I got all the important information. I’ll reword this.
Given the problem:
James had 480 mangoes. he gave Lucy 25% and John 10%. How many did James keep?

So I kind of already made it shorter to keep just the important information.

To start, let’s add the total percentage of mangoes James gave to Lucky and John.
25+10=35%
James gave away 35% of his 480 mangoes. So what’s 35% of 480? Simply take 480 and multiply it by 35%, which is 0.35, converted to a decimal by dividing by 100.
(480)(0.35)=168 mangoes
James gave away 168 mangoes. Now how many mangoes did James keep?
480-168=312 mangoes

James kept 312 mangoes. Remember to not write James but the name on the problem!
Hope this helped!