SOLUTION: In Kingsport school 46% of students are females if the total of students is 1250, then how many males students are attending this high school

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Question 1137771: In Kingsport school 46% of students are females if the total of students is 1250, then how many males students are attending this high school
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Then the rest  100%-46% = 54% are males, and their number is 54% of 1250, which is


    0.54*1250 = 675.


ANSWER.  675 males.

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