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Question 1053298: Miss Boyd leads the national math club at the middle school where she teaches. At the first club meeting of the school year, 60% of the students in attendance were boys. If there was one Fewer girl than boy in attendance, how many attended the first club meeting? Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let n be the total amount of students in the club. Then:
.60n-1=.40n
.2n=1
n=5
There were 5 students at the first meeting. ☺☺☺☺
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