SOLUTION: On a rainy day, 35% of a class of 40 students were present. Find the number of absentees.
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Question 941048: On a rainy day, 35% of a class of 40 students were present. Find the number of absentees.
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, srinivas.g:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 35% were present, 65% were absent
were absent
Answer by srinivas.g(540) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
35% of a class of 40 students were present
no of students presented = 35 % of 40
=
=
= 14
No of students who were absent = total no of students - no of students present
= 40-14
= 26
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