I need help with this;
There are 100 floors on a building. 50 are painted red and 50 and painted blue. The number of red floors on the top half plus the number of blue floors on the bottom half are equal to 56. How many red floors are there on the top half?
56 - 50 = 6
The previous answer isn't right because their are red and blue on each floor
56-50=6
I don't get what you did?
The person who posted the question must not have enough expirence or time to sit down and realize that this was totally wrong. As for the answer i have worked on it for a while and can't seem to solve it
I was looking at Kenny's problem and I don't understand what you mean by the previous answer was not right and what you came up with?
kenny are you sure that you wrote the question down correctly if so then56-50 willnot work because if there is 6 on the top then there has to be 44 reds on the bottom. because on the top there is reda and blue
To solve this problem, we need to break it down into steps:
Step 1: Understand the problem
We are given that there are 100 floors in a building, with 50 red floors and 50 blue floors. We are also given that the sum of the number of red floors on the top half and the number of blue floors on the bottom half is equal to 56. We need to find the number of red floors on the top half.
Step 2: Divide the building into halves
Since there are 100 floors in total, the top half of the building will have 50 floors, and the bottom half will also have 50 floors.
Step 3: Set up the equation
Let's represent the number of red floors on the top half as "r" and the number of blue floors on the bottom half as "b". Based on the given information, we can set up the equation: r + b = 56.
Step 4: Solve the equation
Since we know that there are 50 red floors in total, we can subtract the number of blue floors on the top half from this total to find the number of red floors on the top half: 50 - b = r.
Step 5: Substitute the equation and solve
Now we can substitute the value of r in the equation r + b = 56 with 50 - b: (50 - b) + b = 56.
Simplifying the equation gives 50 + b - b = 56.
Combining like terms, we find that 50 = 56.
Step 6: Analyze the result
Our equation, 50 = 56, is not true. This means that there is no solution to the problem as originally stated. We may have made an error or there might be missing information.
Therefore, the given problem does not have a valid solution for the number of red floors on the top half.