SOLUTION: 40% of the children in school walk to school, 0.45 of them come by car and the rest come by bus. If 45 children come by bus, how many children are there in school?

SOLUTION: 40% of the children in school walk to school, 0.45 of them come by car and the rest come by bus. If 45 children come by bus, how many children are there in school?

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Question 1083408: 40% of the children in school walk to school, 0.45 of them come by car and the rest come by bus. If 45 children come by bus, how many children are there in school?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.40 walk
.45 car
.15 bus, since it has to add to 1.
.15 of total=45
total=300.

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