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Question 1031375: Six students in a class failed in algebra. This represents 16? per cent of the class. How many students passed the course?
kindly Sir helped me to find answer...

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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if 6 students are 16% of the class
6/0.16=x/1
0.16x=6
x=6/0.16
37.5
84% passed, so that would be 31.5 This would be rounded to 32 normally. It has to be rounded in any case, since there are only integer numbers of students.