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In a bag of marbles, 12% were red, 14% were blue, and the rest were

white. If the bag has 250 marbles, how many were red or blue?

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Answer:

30 marbles were red

35 marbles were blue

Explanation:

turn the percentages into decimals and multiply by total value

0.12•250= 30 red marbles

0.14•250= 35 blue marbles

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