SOLUTION: A brick layer had 260 bricks. He used 85% of them to build a wall. How many bricks are left? I have no idea how to do this problem, so please help me.
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Question 764587: A brick layer had 260 bricks. He used 85% of them to build a wall. How many bricks are left? I have no idea how to do this problem, so please help me. Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let's multiply 260 times .85 to find out how many bricks he used.
260 * .85 = 221 bricks used. Now to find out how many are left let's subtract 221 from 260 and we find that
260 - 221 = 39 bricks left
