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15 November, 15:47

A sewing bag contains 3 gold buttons and 4 black buttons. How many buttons need to be added to the sewing bag so that there are 30% gold buttons?

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  1. 15 November, 15:49
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    You need to add 3 more black buttons so that there is a total of 10 buttons. This will mean that there's is 30% gold buttons
  2. 15 November, 15:59
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    3 black

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Currently: 7 buttons

    30% gold so 70% should be black

    70% = 0.7

    (4+x) / (7+x) = 0.7

    3+x = 0.7 (7+x)

    4+x = 4.9 + 0.7x

    0.3x = 0.9

    x = 3
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