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A large urn contains <math>100</math> balls, of which <math>36 \%</math> are red and the rest are blue. How many of the blue balls must be removed so that the percentage of red balls in the urn will be <math>72 \%</math>? (No red balls are to be removed.) | A large urn contains <math>100</math> balls, of which <math>36 \%</math> are red and the rest are blue. How many of the blue balls must be removed so that the percentage of red balls in the urn will be <math>72 \%</math>? (No red balls are to be removed.) | ||
− | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ 28 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 32 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 36 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ | + | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ 28 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 32 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 36 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 50 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 64 </math> |
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− | ==Solution 1== | + | == Solution 1 == |
− | There are <math>36</math> red balls; for these red balls to comprise <math>72 \%</math> of the urn, there must be only <math>14</math> blue balls. Since there are currently <math>64</math> blue balls, this means we must remove <math> | + | There are <math>36</math> red balls; for these red balls to comprise <math>72 \%</math> of the urn, there must be only <math>14</math> blue balls. Since there are currently <math>64</math> blue balls, this means we must remove <math>\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 50}</math>. |
− | ==Solution 2== | + | == Solution 2 == |
− | There are <math>36</math> red balls and <math>64</math> blue balls. For the percentage of the red balls to double from <math>36 \%</math> to <math>72 \%</math> of the urn, half of the total number of balls must be removed. Therefore, the number of blue balls that need to be removed is <math> | + | There are <math>36</math> red balls and <math>64</math> blue balls. For the percentage of the red balls to double from <math>36 \%</math> to <math>72 \%</math> of the urn, half of the total number of balls must be removed. Therefore, the number of blue balls that need to be removed is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 50}</math>. |
− | ==See Also== | + | == Solution 3 == |
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+ | There are <math>36</math> red balls out of the total <math>100</math> balls. | ||
+ | We want to continuously remove blue balls until the percentage of red balls in the urn is 72%. | ||
+ | Therefore, we want | ||
+ | <cmath>\frac{36}{100-x}=\frac{72}{100}.</cmath> | ||
+ | Solving for <math>x</math> gives that we must remove <math>\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 50}</math> blue balls. | ||
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+ | == Video Solution 1 == | ||
+ | https://youtu.be/u26afAqgTKw | ||
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+ | ~Education, the Study of Everything | ||
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+ | == See Also == | ||
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Problem
A large urn contains balls, of which
are red and the rest are blue. How many of the blue balls must be removed so that the percentage of red balls in the urn will be
? (No red balls are to be removed.)
Solution 1
There are red balls; for these red balls to comprise
of the urn, there must be only
blue balls. Since there are currently
blue balls, this means we must remove
.
Solution 2
There are red balls and
blue balls. For the percentage of the red balls to double from
to
of the urn, half of the total number of balls must be removed. Therefore, the number of blue balls that need to be removed is
.
Solution 3
There are red balls out of the total
balls.
We want to continuously remove blue balls until the percentage of red balls in the urn is 72%.
Therefore, we want
Solving for
gives that we must remove
blue balls.
Video Solution 1
~Education, the Study of Everything
See Also
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