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A bag contains 8 white and 12 black balls, the percentage of black balls in the bag is:

  1. 20%

  2. 150%

  3. 60%

  4. 40%

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Answer

Given:

Number of white balls = 8

Number of black balls = 12

Total number of balls = 12 + 8 = 20

Percentages of black balls = Number of black ballsTotal number of balls×100\dfrac{\text{Number of black balls}}{\text{Total number of balls}} \times 100 %

= 1220×100\dfrac{12}{20} \times 100 %

= 120020\dfrac{1200}{20} %

= 60 %

Hence, option 3 is the correct option.

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