There are 240 cans of drink on a shelf. Cola cans:lemanade cans:orange cans=5:3:2.
1/2of the cans of lemanade and 1/12 of the cans of orange are removed from the self.
Work out the number of cans of cola as a percentage of the total number of cans of drink remaining on the shelf.

There are 240 cans of drink on a shelf Cola canslemanade cansorange cans532 12of the cans of lemanade and 112 of the cans of orange are removed from the self Wo class=


Answer :

Answer:

60% of the total cans of drink remaining on the shelf are Cola

Step-by-step explanation:

240 cans of drink

5:3:2 ratio

240/10 = 24

units of 24

5 x 24 = 120

3 x 24 = 72

2 x 24 = 48

120 cans of cola

72 cans of lemonade

48 cans of orange

1/2 of the lemonade cans are removed along with 1/12 of the cans of the orange

72 x 1/2 = 36 removed (lemonade)

48 x 1/12 = 4 removed (orange)

36 + 4 = 40

40 cans removed total

240 - 40 = 200 remaining cans

120 of those 200 cans are cola

120/200 = 12/20 = 6/10 = .60 or 60%