SOLUTION: A professor started a project with a group of students, 60% of whom were boys. Due to some unavoidable reasons, sic girls couldn't turn up, so the professor had to make some chang

Question 74447: A professor started a project with a group of students, 60% of whom were boys. Due to some unavoidable reasons, sic girls couldn't turn up, so the professor had to make some changes in the group. He admitted 6 boys. In doing so, the percentage of boys in the project increased to 75%. Find the number of boys and girls involved in the project initally
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I am assuming that the "sic" girls is actually six.

Let x equal the group size. 60% of the initial group were boys and, after losing six girls and adding 6 boys, the final percentage of boys was 75.

In algebrese : or so

x=40

24 boys and 16 girls
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