218,082 views
14 votes
14 votes
Mr. nelson has 20 students in her classroom. She noticed 3/10 of her students have blue eyes and 1/2 of the students have brown eyes. The rest of the student has green eyes. What percent of the student in mr. Nelsons class have green eyes?

User Jaysean
by
3.0k points

1 Answer

13 votes
13 votes

20 students. divide by half for borwn eyes. 10 left. subtract 3 because 3/10. That leaves 7. If you do 20 times 5, you get 100. 7 times 5 equals 45.

The answer is 45%

User Mike DeAngelo
by
2.3k points