SOLUTION: In a class of 40 pupils, there are 24 boys and the rest are girls. How many percent more boys than girls are there in the class?

Question 1066795: In a class of 40 pupils, there are 24 boys and the rest are girls. How many percent more boys than girls are there in the class?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

There are 24 boys, so the percent of boys is 

So the class is 100%-60% = 40% girls.

So the percentage of boys is 60%-40% or 20% more than the 
percentage of girls.


Edwin

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