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Tough and Tricky questions: Word Problems.
Company A imported 10,500 widgets made of either brass or aluminum. The widgets are painted blue, red or green. If 10 percent of the widgets are made of brass and of those 20 percent are painted green and 40 percent are painted red how many brass widgets painted blue were imported?
A. 420
B. 840
C. 1050
D. 1680
E. 2100
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05 Jan 2015, 07:31
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Answer A.
We are told that 10% of all imported widgets are made of brass and of those, 20% are green and 40% are red. Since we know that there are only three colors, the remaining 40% must be blue. 40% blue of 10% brass widgets leads to 4% blue brass widgets out of the total 10,550 widgets.
10,500 /100 * 4 = 420. Answer A.
We are told that 10% of all imported widgets are made of brass and of those, 20% are green and 40% are red. Since we know that there are only three colors, the remaining 40% must be blue. 40% blue of 10% brass widgets leads to 4% blue brass widgets out of the total 10,550 widgets.
10,500 /100 * 4 = 420. Answer A.
05 Jan 2015, 17:42
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Tough and Tricky questions: Word Problems.
Company A imported 10,500 widgets made of either brass or aluminum. The widgets are painted blue, red or green. If 10 percent of the widgets are made of brass and of those 20 percent are painted green and 40 percent are painted red how many brass widgets painted blue were imported?
A. 420
B. 840
C. 1050
D. 1680
E. 2100
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brass widgets B = 10500 * 10/100 = 1050
Brass widgets painted blue = 100 - 20- 40 = 40%
i.e 40% of 1050 = 420
Ans A
