Question

A box contains 80 toy bears that are either brown, black, white, or gold. If 15% of

the toy bears are brown, 5% are black, and 35% are white, how many gold bears are there?

Answer 1

After calculating that 55% of the toy bears are brown, black, or white, we find that the remaining 45% of the 80 bears must be gold. Hence, there are 36 gold bears in the box.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of gold bears in the box, we first need to determine the percentage of bears that are not brown, black, or white. We know that 15% are brown, 5% are black, and 35% are white. By adding these percentages, we find that a total of 55% of the bears are either brown, black, or white (15% + 5% + 35%). Therefore, the remaining percentage must be gold bears.

100% - 55% = 45%. So, 45% of the bears are gold. To find the actual number of gold bears, we calculate 45% of 80.

Number of gold bears = 45% of 80

= 0.45 × 80

= 36 gold bears.