SOLUTION: The freshman class at a high school has 45 more girls than boys. If the class has (n) boys, then what percent of the entire freshman class are girls?
a) n+45/2n+45%
b) 100n/
Question 1089335: The freshman class at a high school has 45 more girls than boys. If the class has (n) boys, then what percent of the entire freshman class are girls?
a) n+45/2n+45%
b) 100n/2n+45%
c) 100(n+45)/2n+45%
Please show work! Thanks for anyone attempting to answer this problem. Answer by ikleyn(52816) (Show Source):
If the number of boys is "n", then the number of girls is (n+45), according to the condition.
And the total population is n + (n+45) = 2n+45.
Percentage under the question is .
