SOLUTION: Out of a total of 400 students in a school, 245 of them wear glasses. What percent of the students in the school wear glasses?

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Question 1149657: Out of a total of 400 students in a school, 245 of them wear glasses. What percent of the students in the school wear glasses?
Found 3 solutions by ikleyn, Edwin McCravy, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52816) About Me  (Show Source):
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First take the ratio; then multiply by 100 to get a percentage.


    %28245%2F400%29%2A100 = 61.25%.      ANSWER


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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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The fraction answer is 245/400

      0.6125
400)245.0000
    240 0
      5 00
      4 00
      1 000
        800
        2000
        2000
           0

The decimal answer is 0.6125

The percent answer is 61.25%

Edwin

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