document.write( "Question 634585: In a class, 70 percent are male. Five new female students enrolled in the class and the percentage of the male student become 60 percent. What was the total original number of students in the class? Use x to represent the total number of original students. \n" ); document.write( "
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In a class, 70 percent are male. Five new female students enrolled in the class and the percentage of the male student become 60 percent. What was the total original number of students in the class? Use x to represent the total number of original students.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "ans:-
\n" ); document.write( "let there are x students in toto
\n" ); document.write( "male students=0.7x
\n" ); document.write( "female students=0.3x
\n" ); document.write( "5 female students joined
\n" ); document.write( "so the total students=x+5
\n" ); document.write( "the % of male students=(0.7x)/(x+5) =0.6 as per question\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "or 7x=6(x+5)=6x+30
\n" ); document.write( "or x=30 the total no of students ans
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