document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1066205>Question 1066205</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One day 10% of the students enrolled in the school were absent. There were 1,620 students present on that day. How many students were absent? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the total population of students in the school.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are given 0.9x = 1620.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1620%2F0.9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1620%2F0.9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1800.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10% of 1800 is 0.1*1800 = 180.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>Answer</U>. 180 students were absent that day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is a bunch of lessons on percentage problems \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in this site.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Read them and become an expert.\r<BR>\n" );
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