Question

. Pancho ordered a set of blue and black pencils. Hereceived 120 pencils, and 59% of them were black.About how many black pencils did Pancho receive?

Answer 1

Given data:

The total numbers of pencils are n=120.

The percentage of black pencils is 59%.

The 59% of the total pencils is,

`\begin{gathered} x=(59)/(100)*(n) \\ =0.59*120 \\ =70.8 \\ \approx71 \end{gathered}`

Thus, the approx numbers of balck pencils are 71.