Question

At the beach, 45% of people have red towels and 15% have blue towels. If the

rest have white, what percentage of the people at the beach have white
towels?

Answer 1

40%

Explanation:

At the beach, 45% of people have red towels and 15% have blue towels. If the rest have white, 40% of the people at the beach have white towels.

In order to find the answer, you have to do the following steps:

45% + 15% = 60%

100% - 60% = 40%

Therefore, the answer is 40%.

Answer 2

To find out what percent of the people at the beach have white towels, we can take the sum of the percents and subtract them from 100. In other words, we can add up the percents of both the red and the blue towels and subtract the sum from 100%.

45 + 15 = 60

100 - 60 = 40

Therefore, 40% of the people at the beach have a white towel.