Question

Denise bought a box of 560 pieces of candy.4/5 of the pieces of the candy were fruity and 1/4 of the remaining pieces of candy were mint.How many of candy of the other flavors were there?

Answer 1

Number of Other flavor candy is 84.

Explanation:

Given that

A total of 560 pieces of candy are there in the box.

`(4)/(5)` of the pieces are fruity.

Number of Fruity pieces:

`(4)/(5) * 560\\\Rightarrow 4 * 112 =448`

Now, remaining pieces = Total pieces - Fruity pieces

remaining pieces = 560 - 448 = 112

Also given that
`\frac{1}4` of the remaining pieces are mind.

Number of mint pieces:

`(1)/(4)* 112 = 28`

Other flavors remaining = Total pieces - Fruity pieces - Mint pieces

Other flavors remaining = 560 - 448 - 28

Other flavors remaining = 112 - 28 = 84

Number of Other flavor candy is 84.