Question 1186097: More than half of the students were excited about the project. In fact, 8/9 were excited. If 10 students were not excited about the project, how many students were excited?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! More than half of the students were excited about the project. In fact, 8/9 were excited. If 10 students were not excited about the project, how many students were excited?
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10*8 = 80
Answer by ikleyn(52786)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
From the condition, 10 students, who were not exited, represent  of the entire body of students.
Hence, the total number of the students was 10*9 = 90.
Of them, 80 were exited, and 10 were not exited.
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Solved.
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