A car dealership has 40 cars on the lot, 30% of which are silver. if the dealership receives a new shipment of 80 cars, 40% of which are not silver, what percent of the total number of cars are silver?

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Cain

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25 September, 00:30

A car dealership has 40 cars on the lot, 30% of which are silver. if the dealership receives a new shipment of 80 cars, 40% of which are not silver, what percent of the total number of cars are silver?

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Killian Marshall · Answer 1

Silver cars before shipment = 30% of 40 = 12

silver cars after shipment = 60% of 80 = 48

Total number of silver cars out of 120 = 48+12 = 60, which is 50%

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