SOLUTION: chris has a basket of apples,40%red, and the rest green apples. there are six red apples ,how many green apples does it contain?

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Question 258644: chris has a basket of apples,40%red, and the rest green apples. there are six red apples ,how many green apples does it contain?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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chris has a basket of apples, 40%red, and the rest green apples. there are six red apples ,how many green apples does it contain?
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Let "x" be the number of apples.
0.40x = 6
x = 6/0.4 = 15
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# of green apples = 0.6*15 = 9
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Cheers,
Stan H.