Question 1067843: Forty percent of the students at the basketball club are girls. There are 72 boys at the club. How many girls are there Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source):
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Forty percent of the students at the basketball club are girls. There are 72 boys at the club. How many girls are there
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1. Since forty percents of the students at the basketball club are girls, 60% are boys.
So, you have this equation 0.6x = 72, where x is the total number of students at the basketball club.
The solution of this equation is x = = 120.
Thus there are 120 students in the club.
2. Hence, the number of girls is 120 - 72 = 48.
