SOLUTION: 70% of students in a school are boys and the number of girls is 504.find the number of boys in the school.
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Question 981383: 70% of students in a school are boys and the number of girls is 504.find the number of boys in the school.
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
If 70% of students at a school
are boys, then 30 % of the
students are girls.
If 30% = 504
then, 1% = 504/30
and 70% = 504/30 x 70
= 1176
This is how many boys there are at the school
Hope this helps:-)
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