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Andrea bought a box of 25 pens. Inside the box were 4 red pens, 5 black pens, 6 purple pens and the rest were blue pens. What percent of pens were blue?

User Dparoli
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Answer:

40%

Explanation:

4 + 5 + 6 = 15

25 - 15 = 10 blue pens

2/5 are blue

2/5 = 40%

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