SOLUTION: Alfred collects black and brown socks but loses a lot of them. If 60% of all his socks are brown, 20% of his brown socks are in the wash and 120 brown socks are in his sock drawer,

Question 330379: Alfred collects black and brown socks but loses a lot of them. If 60% of all his socks are brown, 20% of his brown socks are in the wash and 120 brown socks are in his sock drawer, how many socks does Alfred has?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
60% of the total are brown.
Of that 60%, 20% are in the wash, 80% are in the drawer.
So, 80% of 60% of the total equals 120.

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