document.write( "Question 1019636: On wet day 30% of the students were absent. If 294 were present how many absent? \n" ); document.write( "
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If 30% of the students were absent, then 70% were present. Hence there are a total of \"294%2F0.70\"=420 students, and 420 - 294 = 126 students were absent. \n" ); document.write( "
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