SOLUTION: There are 50 plates in a crate and there are 11 such crates. When they are open 2/5 of the plates are found broken. How many plates are left intact?

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Question 974510: There are 50 plates in a crate and there are 11 such crates. When they are open 2/5 of the plates are found broken. How many plates are left intact?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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Each crate has 50
(2/5) are broken, That is 20.
30 are intact.
11 crates*30 plates/crate=330 plates intact.