SOLUTION: There are 12%boys in a school. If the number of boys is 36 find the number of girls and total students.
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Question 1096079: There are 12%boys in a school. If the number of boys is 36 find the number of girls and total students.
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the total number of students, then
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0.12x = 36
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x = 36/0.12 = 300 students
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number of girls = 300 - 36 = 264
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there are 264 girls and 300 students
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