SOLUTION: Suppose there are 100 cows, and 6/10 of the cows are spotted. If the rest are brown, how many cows are brown?

SOLUTION: Suppose there are 100 cows, and 6/10 of the cows are spotted. If the rest are brown, how many cows are brown?

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Question 577331: Suppose there are 100 cows, and 6/10 of the cows are spotted. If the rest are brown, how many cows are brown?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100*(6/10) = 60 cows are spotted.

So 100 - 60 = 40 are brown
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