document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=61839>Question 61839</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in a class of 40 student, 80% are business majors. Of the 24 students who passed the midterm examination, 75% are business majors. What percentage of students in the class who are not business majors passed the examination? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #42567 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=still_happy2006><B>still_happy2006(3)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=still_happy2006><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=42567\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> first we must figure out how many students are business majors. We do this by multiplying:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40 (students) x .80 (percentage of business majors) = 32 students are business majors\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtracting we can figure out how many are not business majors\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40 students - 32 business majors = 8 non- business majors\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we move onto the exam\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to figure how many business majors that passed the exam we multiply again:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24 passed exam x .75 percentage of business majors = 18 business major students passed the exam\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subracting we figure out how many non-business majors passed\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24 passed exam - 18 business majors who passed = 6 non-business majors who passed the exam\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now for the last part:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To figure out what percentage of students in the class who are not business majors passed the exam we divide:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6 non-business majors who passed the exam divided by 8 non-business major students in the class = .75 or otherwise known as 75% </SPAN>\n" );
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