SOLUTION: A box contains 80 blocks, some of which are made of wood and some of which are made of plastic. Each block is colored with one of the colors red or green. If 48 of the blocks are m

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Question 295623: A box contains 80 blocks, some of which are made of wood and some of which are made of plastic. Each block is colored with one of the colors red or green. If 48 of the blocks are made of wood and if 32 of the blocks are red, what is the largest possible number of green plastic blocks?
(A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 32 (D) 48 (E) None of these
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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80-48=32 that could be plastic.
If all 32 red blocks are wooden then 16 wooden blocks are green and then all plastic ones could be green which would be 32.