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.

Answer 1

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.