Question

Tricia has a birthday party. During the party, she opened 36 gifts, which was 60% of all her gifts. After the party, she opened the rest of the gifts and found that 25% of them were the same present, so she returned all but one of the duplicate gifts. How many gifts did she return?

Answer 1

She returned 5 gifts.

Explanation:

36 gifts is 60% = 0.6 of all the gifts that she received. How many presents are 100% = 1?

36 gifts - 0.6

x gifts - 1

0.6x = 36

x = 36/0.6

x = 60

She received 60 gifts.

She opened the rest of the gifts and found that 25% of them were the same present

The rest is 60 - 36 = 24 gifts.

25% is (1/4)*24 = 6 duplicate figts

She returned all but one of the duplicate gifts.

That is, she returned 6 - 1 = 5 gifts.