SOLUTION: Given Percentage of boys in a class= 70% number of girls= 540 find the number of boys

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Question 799305: Given
Percentage of boys in a class= 70%
number of girls= 540
find the number of boys
Answer by thejackal(72) About Me  (Show Source):
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70% of (boy+girls) = boys
boy + girls = 100%
we know boys take 70% of the total which is (boys+girls)
therefore the remaining 30% must be taken by girls.
Given girls = 540, then 540/(boys+girls) = 30%
Make (boys+girls) the unknown and solve for it.
therefore (boys+girls) = 540/30% = 1800
since we know number of girls then 1800-girls=boys = 1260