SOLUTION: sixty percent of the 30 students in the class are girls. write sixty percent as a reduced fraction. then find the number of girls in the class
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Question 300304: sixty percent of the 30 students in the class are girls. write sixty percent as a reduced fraction. then find the number of girls in the class Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! sixty percent of the 30 students in the class are girls. write sixty percent as a reduced fraction. then find the number of girls in the class
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% is interpreted as "per one hundred"
therefore
sixty percent = 60% = 60/100
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Reducing:
60/100 = 6/10 = 2/5
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2/5 of 30 students then is:
2/5 *30 = 2*6 = 12 girls
