SOLUTION: If there is a total of 260 marbles in a bag and 50 are brown, 200 are gray and 10 are red then what is the percentage of red marbles in the bag.

SOLUTION: If there is a total of 260 marbles in a bag and 50 are brown, 200 are gray and 10 are red then what is the percentage of red marbles in the bag.

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Question 129948: If there is a total of 260 marbles in a bag and 50 are brown, 200 are gray and 10 are red then what is the percentage of red marbles in the bag.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To find the percentage of red, first divide the number of red marbles by the total number of marbles

=0.0385

Now multiply by 100 to convert the decimal number to a percentage

0.0385*100=3.85%

So the percentage of red marbles in the bag is 3.85%

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