Question

At Lesile's party 1/4 of the people had long hair. 1/2 of the people were boys, and 1/4 of the girls had short blonde hair. None of the boys had long hair. If there were 32 people at the party, what is the maximum number of girls who could have short red hair?

Answer 1

4 girls have short red hair

Explanation:

Total number of guests at the party is 32

1/2 of the guests are boys

The number of girls with long hair is

= 32×1/4

= 8 girls.

The number of girls with short blonde hair is:

= 16×1/4

= 4 girls

Therefore, we apply the formular below to calculate the maximum number of girls with short red hair.

Total number of girls- ( girls with long hair+ girls with short blonde hair)

= 16-(8+4)

=16-12

= 4

Thus, 4 girls have short red hair