PERCENTAGES 1

In a box of 500 books, 190 are red in colour while the rest are bluish in color. Give out the percentage of blue books.

solution

1st we have to get the number of blue books.

 blue books = 500 - 190 = 310

then,=  310 x 100

             500

then,=  310

               5

   = 62%

Hence percentage of blue books is 62%

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