document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1108447>Question 1108447</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a school, 45%  the students are boys and the rest are girls.If girls number is 77,what is the strength of the school ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You can solve this using a proportion.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The boys are 45%, so the girls are 55%.  Since the number of girls is 77, if x is the number of boys then<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So there are 63 boys; then the total number of students is 77+63 = 140.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Alternatively, you could just say since 55% of the total number of students (the girls) is 77, if x is the total number of students then<BR>\n" );
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