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,

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.
%2880%2F100%29%2860%2F100%29T=120
T=120%285%2F4%29%285%2F3%29
T=250socks