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75 POINTS IF U GET THIS CORRECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! James has a collection of 20 miniature cars and trucks. Cars make up 40% of the collection. If James adds only cars to his collection, how many cars must he add to make the collection 75% cars?

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Answer:

28 cars

Explanation:

  • cars + trucks = 20

Let "n" be the cars added in the collection

  • cars : 20 * 40% = 8 cars
  • trucks : 20 - 8 = 12 trucks

solve:

[tex]\rightarrow \sf \dfrac{8+n}{20+n} =75\%[/tex]

[tex]\rightarrow \sf {8+n} =(20+n)75\%[/tex]

[tex]\rightarrow \sf {8+n} =15+0.75n[/tex]

[tex]\rightarrow \sf {8-15} =0.75n-n[/tex]

[tex]\rightarrow \sf -7 =0.25n[/tex]

[tex]\rightarrow \sf n = 28[/tex]

Thus, he needs to add 28 cars in the collection to make the collection 75% cars.

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Answer:

28 cars

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of cars and trucks = 20

Cars make up 40% of the collection

⇒ Number of cars = 40% of 20

                              = 0.4 x 20

                              = 8 cars

⇒ Number of trucks = total collection - number of cars

                                  = 20 - 8

                                  = 12 trucks

To calculate how many cars must be added to make the collection 75% cars, set up a ratio equation with x being the number of cars to be added:

(Added cars + existing cars) to total collection = 75%

⇒ x + 8 : x + 8 + 12 = 75 : 100

⇒ x + 8 : x + 20 = 75 : 100

[tex]\sf \implies \dfrac{x+8}{x+20}=\dfrac{75}{100}[/tex]

⇒ 100(x + 8) = 75(x + 20)

⇒ 100x + 800 = 75x + 1500

⇒ 100x -75x = 1500 - 800

⇒ 25x = 700

⇒ x = 28

Therefore he would need to add 28 cars to his collection to make his collection 75% cars.

Check

Number of cars = 8 + 28 = 36

Number of trucks = 12

Total collection = 36 + 12 = 48

Number of cars / total collection = 36/48 = 0.75 = 75%

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