The question below deals with Percentage of 2 different items,
with only one item quantity changed,
the percentage of the total also changed for both items.
Such questions are suitable for P5 and P6 and
usually appears starting from P5 SA2 in paper 2.
Calculator usage is allowed.
A basket contains both red and blue beads.
30% of the beads in the basket were blue.
After 40 red beads were removed,
50% of the beads in the basket were blue.
a) How many beads were there altogether in the basket at first?
b) How many red beads were there at the end?
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