A shop only sold gold, brown and purple skirts.
710 of the skirts in the shop were purple and 62 skirts were brown. If
16 of the skirts were gold, how many skirts were there in the shop?
Fraction of the skirts that were brown
= 1 -
710 -
16= 1 -
2130 -
530=
215
Total number of skirts = 15 u
Number of skirts that were brown = 2 u = 62
= 62 ÷ 2
= 31
Total number of skirts
= 15 u
= 15 x 31
= 465
Answer(s): 465
