SOLUTION: At South side Middle School, close to eighteen percent of the students play an instrument. There are two hundred ninety-three students. To the nearest whole number, how many studen

Question 428753: At South side Middle School, close to eighteen percent of the students play an instrument. There are two hundred ninety-three students. To the nearest whole number, how many students play an instrument?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
At South side Middle School, close to eighteen percent of the students play an instrument. There are two hundred ninety-three students. To the nearest whole number, how many students play an instrument?
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Ans: 0.18*293 = 53 when rounded up.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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