document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257695>Question 257695</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if 40% of the students in the class are boys and if there are 15 girls in the class then how many students are there in the class? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's set up \"x\" as the total number of students. So now we can set up an equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40%x+15=x rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".4x+15=x Subtract .4x from both sides will give us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15=.6x  Now divide each side by .6 to be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25=x  Therefore we know there are 25 students in the class. <BR>\n" );
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