SOLUTION: There are twice as many boys as girls in the class. if 20% of the boys and 35% of the girls have already handed over their result cards, what percent of the students have not yet h

Question 697240: There are twice as many boys as girls in the class. if 20% of the boys and 35% of the girls have already handed over their result cards, what percent of the students have not yet handed over their result cards?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are twice as many boys as girls in the class.
let x = no. of girls
then
2x = no. of boys
and
3x = total number of students
:
if 20% of the boys and 35% of the girls have already handed over their result cards, what percent of the students have not yet handed over their result cards?
:
= =
Cancel x
* 100 = 25% of the students have handed theirs in, therefore
75% have not.
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