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Question 327982: In a certain school there are twice as many girls as boys.50% of the boys and 20% of the girls do not have lunch in school. What percent of the school enrollment does have lunch in school?
A 30% B 40% C 50% D 60% E 70%
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let boys be x
girls = 2x
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50% of boys have lunch
80% of girls have lunch0.
0.5x+0.8*2x have lunch.
0.5x+1.6x have lunch
2.1x have lunch
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2.1x/3x*100 is the percentage that have lunch.
0.7*100=70%
