SOLUTION: Among the 500 spectators at a basketball game, 30% were not students. Among the students, 30% were sophomores. Among the sophomores, 60% were boys. How many female sophomores we

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Question 277737: Among the 500 spectators at a basketball game, 30% were not students. Among the students, 30% were sophomores. Among the sophomores, 60% were boys. How many female sophomores were spectators at the game?
A.18 B.27 C.42 D.54 E.63
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500*.7 (students)=350
350*.3 (sophomores)=105
105*.4 (sophomore girls)=42
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