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| − | + | A large urn contains <math>100</math> balls, of which <math>36 \%</math> are red and the rest are blue. How many of the blue balls must be removed so that the percentage of red balls in the urn will be <math>72 \%</math>? (No red balls are to be removed.) | |
| − | <math>\textbf{(A)}\ | + | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ 28 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 32 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 36 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ |
| + | 50 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 64 </math> | ||
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Revision as of 22:50, 8 February 2018
Problem 1
A large urn contains 
balls, of which 
are red and the rest are blue. How many of the blue balls must be removed so that the percentage of red balls in the urn will be 
? (No red balls are to be removed.)
