SOLUTION: if 120 of the 200 students are girls ,then what percent of the students are girls?

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Question 303993: if 120 of the 200 students are girls ,then what percent of the students are girls?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, richwmiller:
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
out of 200, 120 are girls
out of 100 how many will be girls
100*120 / 200
=60% are girls

Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
120/200=60/100=60% girls
80/200=40/100=40% not girls

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