Question

A carousel has 56 horses and 3/8 of them are white. How many horses are not white?

Answer 1

`35`

Explanation:

`3/8to"white"`

Then `1-3/8=5/8to"are not white"`

We require to find `5/8" of "56`

`rArr5/cancel(8)^1xxcancel(56)^7=5xx7=35`

Thus 35 horses are not white.

Alternatively.

Calculate `3/8" of " 56" and subtract answer from 56"`

`rArr3/cancel(8)^1xxcancel(56)^7=3xx7=21" are white"`

`rArr56-21=35" are not white"`