Question

In a box of crayons, 24% of the crayons are blue. There are 48 blue crayons in the box.


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The total number of crayons in the box is .

Answer 1

Answer:

200

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : In a box of crayons, 24% of the crayons are blue. There are 48 blue crayons in the box.

To Find: The total number of crayons in the box

Solution :

Let total number of crayons be x

Since we are given that 24 % of the crayons are blue. There are 48 blue crayons in the box.

So, 24% of x = 48

⇒$\frac{24}{100} x=48$

⇒$\frac{100*48}{24}=x$

⇒$200=x$

Thus total number of crayons are 200

Answer 2

Answer:

Hence, the total number of crayons in the box= 200 crayons.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given a information that:

In a box of crayons, 24% of the crayons are blue. There are 48 blue crayons in the box.

Let 'x' be the total number of crayons in the box.

That means:

24% of x=48

that means 24% ×x=48

i.e. $\dfrac{24}{100}\times x=48\\ \\x=\dfrac{48\times 100}{24}\\\\x=\dfrac{4800}{24}\\\\x=200$

Hence, the total number of crayons in the box given that there are 48 blue crayons in the box which constitutes to 24% of total crayons= 200 crayons.