Sri Jyothi has a basket full of bananas, oranges and mangoes. If 50% are bananas,15% are oranges, then what percent are mangoes?

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The total percent $= 100 %$
Let the mangoes be $x %$ then
Percentage of bananas $+$ Percentage of oranges $+$ Percentage of mangoes $= 100 %$
$50 % + 15 % + x = 100 %$

$x = 100 % - 65 %$
$x = 35 %$

Hence, there are $35 %$ mangoes in the basket.

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Sri Jyothi has a basket full of bananas, oranges and mangoes. If 50% are bananas,15% are oranges, then what percent are mangoes?

The total percent =100%Let the mangoes be x% thenPercentage of bananas + Percentage of oranges + Percentage of mangoes =100%50%+15%+x=100%x=100%−65%x=35%Hence, there are 35% mangoes in the basket.

The total percent $= 100 %$
Let the mangoes be $x %$ then
Percentage of bananas $+$ Percentage of oranges $+$ Percentage of mangoes $= 100 %$
$50 % + 15 % + x = 100 %$

$x = 100 % - 65 %$
$x = 35 %$

Hence, there are $35 %$ mangoes in the basket.