SOLUTION: The teacher noticed that 0.68 of the 11th graders wore bluejeans. If 256 did not wear blue jeans, how many 11th grade students were there altogether? I found this to be an o

Question 1076914: The teacher noticed that 0.68 of the 11th graders wore bluejeans.
If 256 did not wear blue jeans, how many 11th grade students were there altogether?
I found this to be an odd question, I'm not sure what to do with it and the 0.68 confused me
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The teacher noticed that of the 11th graders wore bluejeans.
means %, recall that %=
If did not wear blue jeans, how many 11th grade students were there altogether?
let�s 11th grade students be
we know that total number of students is equal to sum of students who did not wear blue jeans and
so, we have

there was 11th grade students
how many of the 11th graders wore blue jeans:

there was 11th graders wore blue jeans
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