SOLUTION: one quarter of the pupils in jane's class are boys. find the fraction of the class who are girls if there are 60 pupils in the class. how many are boys

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Question 746751: one quarter of the pupils in jane's class are boys. find the fraction of the class who are girls if there are 60 pupils in the class. how many are boys











Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
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If the one quarter of the class are boys,
then three quarters of the class are girls.
If there are 60 pupils in the class then
one quarter of 60 = 15 boys
1/4 x 60 = 15