Question

Harrison has 40 CDs in his music collection.

If 30% of the CDs are country music and 50% are pop music, how many CDs are other types of music?

There are____ CDs that are other types of music.

Answer 1

There are 8

Explanation:

Since the percentage of pop music is 50, and there are 40 CDs, we can see that 20 are pop

if we do 40(.30) we get 12

12+20=32

40-32=8

Answer 2

20 of the cds are pop

12 are country

That leaves 8 cds that are other types of music.

Explanation: