Of the 240 sandwiches Joanna makes, 20% are tuna sandwiches, 40% are ham sandwiches, and the rest are egg salad sandwiches. How many egg salad sandwiches does Joanna make?

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Chauncey

25 September, 04:08

Of the 240 sandwiches Joanna makes, 20% are tuna sandwiches, 40% are ham sandwiches, and the rest are egg salad sandwiches. How many egg salad sandwiches does Joanna make?

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Tristen Hooper · Answer 1

20% as a decimal is 0.20. So, 240 x 0.20 is 48 tuna sandwiches, 40% as a decimal is 0.40 so 240 x 0.40 is 96 ham sandwiches. 48 + 96 is 144. So that means that the remaining 96 sandwiches are Egg Salad Sandwiches.