a sweet factory makes 25000 lollipops every year. 12% of them are blackcurrant and 43% of them are orange flavoured. The rest of them are strawberry flavoured... how many strawberry flavoured are made throughout the year??
Is the answer 11250??

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a sweet factory makes 25000 lollipops every year. 12% of them are blackcurrant and 43% of them are orange flavoured. The rest of them are strawberry flavoured... how many strawberry flavoured are made throughout the year??
Is the answer 11250??

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

getting the same answer

12+43 = 55% are blackcurrant or orange 

so 100 - 55 = 45% are strawberry

0.45*25,000 = 11,250

anonymous · Answer

yeyeeee, thankyou... i wasnt to sure so just thought i'd check with you brainboxes ;)

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

you're welcome and congrats on getting the right answer

anonymous · Answer

hehehe, it wasnt to hard but it took a bit of thinking :P

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

glad you found it easy, it's not too bad once you get used to percentages and such

anonymous · Answer

:)