SOLUTION: 55% of students in a school are boys and the number of girls is 810.find the total number of students and the total number of boys.
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Question 277455: 55% of students in a school are boys and the number of girls is 810.find the total number of students and the total number of boys. Answer by asuar010(338) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! girls are 45% of the student body, so 810/.45 is the total number of students and that is 1800. To find the amount of boys just compute 1800-810=990.
