There are 250 blue and yellow beads altogether in a box. If there are 60 fewer yellow beads than blue beads in the box, find the percentage of beads in the box that are yellow.
Let the number of blue beads be x.
Then the number of yellow beads will be x - 60.
Since there are 250 beads altogether, we have:
x + (x - 60) = 250
2x - 60 = 250
2x = 310
x = 155
So, there are 155 blue beads and 155 - 60 = 95 yellow beads.
The percentage of beads that are yellow is:
(95/250) * 100 = 38%
Therefore, 38% of the beads in the box are yellow.