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if 42 is 75% of the children in the class. How many children are in the class? how do I work it out?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = number of children in the class
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\n" ); document.write( ".75x = 42
\n" ); document.write( "x = 42/.75
\n" ); document.write( "x = 56 \n" ); document.write( "

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