SOLUTION: the number of girls in a school is 30% more than the number of boys. There are 650 girls in the school. What is the enrollment of the school?Please provide step by step solution fo

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Question 581702: the number of girls in a school is 30% more than the number of boys. There are 650 girls in the school. What is the enrollment of the school?Please provide step by step solution for my understanding. Thank You.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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the number of girls in a school is 30% more than the number of boys.
Let number of boys be "x".
Then number of girls is x + 0.3x = 1.3x
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There are 650 girls in the school. What is the enrollment of the school?
Equation:
1.3x = 650 girls
x = 500 (# of boys)
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Enrollment of the school is 650+509 = 1150
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Stan H.