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Question 269352: On a certain day, a news vendor began the day with P papers. Between opening and noon, he sold 40 percent of the papers, and between noon and closing, he sold 60 percent of the papers which remained. What percent of the original P papers did he sell?
(A)0% (B) 20% (C) 24% (D) 76% (E) None of these.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! On a certain day, a news vendor began the day with P papers. Between opening and noon, he sold 40 percent of the papers, and between noon and closing, he sold 60 percent of the papers which remained. What percent of the original P papers did he sell?
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Let P be # of papers he started with.
By noon he still had 0.6P papers.
By closing he had 0.4(0.6P) = 0.24P papers .
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He sold 1-0.24 = 0.76 = 76% of the papers
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Cheers,
Stan H.
(A)0% (B) 20% (C) 24% (D) 76% (E) None of these.
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