SOLUTION: In a school, if 14% students fail, and pass student is 559...then find the no. of fail student

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Question 478666: In a school, if 14% students fail, and pass student is 559...then find the no. of fail student
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In a school, if 14% students fail, and pass student is 559...then find the no. of fail student
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If 14% fail then 100 - 14 = 86% pass
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Let x = total number of students
.86x = 559
x = 559%2F.86
x = 650 total students
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Find the number that fail
.14 * 650 = 91 student fail
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