Question

Tim has 44 blue cubes in a basket.

a. Suppose that he wants 20​% to be blue cubes and 80​% to be yellow cubes. How many yellow cubes should Tim ​add?
b. Suppose that he wants 80​% to be blue cubes and 20​% to be yellow cubes. How many yellow cubes should Tim ​add?

Answer 1

Answer: Tim should add 35.2 yellow cubes.

Explanation:

80% of 44 is 35.2, and to check your work add 35.2 plus the total number of blue cubes, which is 8.8, and you get 44.