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Shona has 14 dresses.

50% of these dresses are red.
She gives 5 of her red dresses to a charity shop.
She buys 1 new red dress.
What percentage of the dresses she has now are red?

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User Xurca
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Answer:

She has 3 dresses for sure! But I don't know the percentage!

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User Cagney
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50% of 14 is 7 red dresses
She gives 5 red dresses away leaving 2 red out of 9 dresses
Now buys another red dress resulting in 3 red out of 10 dresses.
3/10 = 30% of her dresses are now red
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User Furicle
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