In a box, there are chocolate bars of 3 colours, black, red and purple. There are 175 more red chocolate bars than purple chocolate bars. The number of purple chocolate bars is
23 more than the black chocolate bars. Given that the number of purple chocolate bars is 25% of the total number of chocolate bars in the box, how many more red chocolate bars are there than black chocolate bars?
Black chocolate bars |
Red chocolate bars |
Purple chocolate bars |
|
1 u + 175 |
1 u |
3x5 |
|
5x5 |
75% |
25% |
15% |
60% |
25% |
1 +
23 =
33 +
23 =
53 Yellow chocolate bars : Purple chocolate bars = 3 : 5
The number of purple chocolate bars is repeated. Make the number of purple chocolate bars the same.
5 x 5 = 25%
Total number of black chocolate bars and red chocolate bars in percent
= 100% - 25%
= 75%
Number of red chocolate bars in percent
= 75% - 15%
= 60%
Number of more red chocolate bars than purple chocolate bars in percent
= 60% - 15%
= 35%
35% = 175
1% = 175 ÷ 35 = 5
Number of more red chocolate bars than black chocolate bars
= 60% - 15%
= 45%
= 45 x 5
= 225
Answer(s): 225