SOLUTION: Two-fifth of the students in a mixed school are girls. If there are 150 boys in that school, what percentage are girls?

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Question 1062477: Two-fifth of the students in a mixed school are girls. If there are 150 boys in that school, what percentage are girls?

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Two-fifth of the students in a mixed school are girls. If there are 150 boys in that school, what percentage are girls?
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Two-fifth is 40%.

That is all you need to know to answer the question.

The info about 150 boys is excessive and it is not needed for the solution.


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