SOLUTION: Hi 20% of the cards in a box are red. The number of blues cards is 1/4 the number of red cards. The remaining 150 cards are made up of green and white cards. There are 2/3 as many

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Question 1197353: Hi
20% of the cards in a box are red. The number of blues cards is 1/4 the number of red cards. The remaining 150 cards are made up of green and white cards. There are 2/3 as many green cards as white cards.
What percentage of the cards are green. Thanks

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(1)  Since 20% of the cards in the box are red and the number of blue card is 1/4 of the number of red cards,

     it means that the number of red and green cards altogether is 

     0.2 + 0.2%2F4 = 0.25 = 25% of the total number of cards.



(2)  Since among the remaining 150 cards the number of green cards is 2/3 of the number of white cards,

     for the number of green cards x we have this equation

         x = %282%2F3%29%28150-x%29,

     which gives

        x = 60.   <<<---===  the number of green cards.



(3)  The remaining 150 cards comprise 100% - 25% = 75% = 0.75 of the total number of cards.

     Hence, the total number of cards is  150%2F0.75 = 200 cards.



(4)  Finally, the percentage of green cards in the box is  60%2F200= 30%2F100 = 30%.    ANSWER

Solved.