SOLUTION: joan actually likes 30% of her male friends and 20% of her female friends. she has a total of 200 friends, 45% of them are male. how many female friends does joan actually like?

Question 207975: joan actually likes 30% of her male friends and 20% of her female friends. she has a total of 200 friends, 45% of them are male. how many female friends does joan actually like?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
joan actually likes 30% of her male friends and 20% of her female friends.
she has a total of 200 friends, 45% of them are male.
how many female friends does joan actually like?
:
45% of her 200 friends are boys
.45 * 200 = 90 boys
Then
200 - 90 = 110 girls
:
She likes:
.20 * 110 = 22 girls, she likes
;
:
Kind of silly, someone you dislike is not a friend, is it?
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