SOLUTION: Of the 400 students at a basketball game, 180 are girls and the rest are boys. What percent of the students at the basketball game are boys?

SOLUTION: Of the 400 students at a basketball game, 180 are girls and the rest are boys. What percent of the students at the basketball game are boys?

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Question 991808: Of the 400 students at a basketball game, 180 are girls and the rest are boys. What percent of the students at the basketball game are boys?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Total students - girls = boys
400 - 180 =220
There were 220 boys.
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(220/400)(100%)=55%
ANSWER: 55% of the students at the game were boys.
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