SOLUTION: In a school, 35% of the pupils were Chinese, 25% were Malays, 80% of the remainder were Indians and the rest were Eurasians. a. What percentage of the pupils were Eurasians? b.

Question 1140583: In a school, 35% of the pupils were Chinese, 25% were Malays, 80% of the remainder were Indians and the rest were Eurasians.
a. What percentage of the pupils were Eurasians?
b. They were 540 more Chinese than Eurasian pupils in the school. Find the enrollment of the school.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

(a) Chinese + Malays = 35%+25% = 60%; the remainder is 40%.

80% of the remainder = 80% of 40% = 32% are Indians. That means 20% of 40% = 8% are Eurasians.

(b) 35% of the total number of students, minus 8% of the total, equals 540:

The total enrollment is 2000.
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