document.write( "Question 962146: How do I solve this word problem to get my answer. On Monday, there were 24 students absent from class at Johnson Middle School. There is a total of 160 students in the school. What percentage of the student body was absent?
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24/160=0.15=15% \n" ); document.write( "
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