SOLUTION: Thirty-eight percent of the students watched the ball game. If there are 150 students in all, homw many did not watch the ball game?

Question 724703: Thirty-eight percent of the students watched the ball game. If there are 150 students in all, homw many did not watch the ball game?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Change 38% to a decimal fraction. Then you can either multiply that decimal fraction times 150 and subtract the result from 150, or you can subtract the decimal fraction from 1 and multiply the result times 150.

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