SOLUTION: A small clothing store sells 3 different types of accessories: 20% are scares, 60% are ties, and the other 40 accessories are belts. If half the ties are replaces with scarves, how

Question 1120979: A small clothing store sells 3 different types of accessories: 20% are scares, 60% are ties, and the other 40 accessories are belts. If half the ties are replaces with scarves, how many scares will the store have?
Answer by htmentor(1343) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 40 belts and these represent 20% of the total number of accessories, since 20% are scarves and 60% are ties. Thus, the total number is 40/0.2 = 200
The number of ties = 0.6*200 = 120, the number of scarves = 0.2*200 = 40
Half the ties = 60, so the new number of scarves = 40 + 60 = 100
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