Question

1)Russell from Up has 400 balloons. The balloons are red, yellow, blue and purple. Forty percent of the balloons are red, 5% are yellow, and a quarter are blue. How many purple balloons does Russell have?
2)Explain how you used benchmarking to find your answer to the previous question. Write 2 or more sentences. (i only need #2)

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  1. Answer:
    Blue Ballon = 16
    Yellow Ballon = 23
    Green Ballon = 26
    Red Ballon = 32
    Total puffs = 1000
    23y + 16(2y) + 32y + 26(y/2) = 1000
    23y + 32y + 32y + 13y = 1000
    100y = 1000
    y = 1000/10
    y = 10
    Therefore, russell
    filled 10 yellow balloons.

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