SOLUTION: The class has 32 students. Three eighths of the class is girls. Of all the boys, two fifths of them wore red shirts, how many boys wore red shirts?

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Question 938582: The class has 32 students. Three eighths of the class is girls. Of all the boys, two fifths of them wore red shirts, how many boys wore red shirts?
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3/8 of the class is girls means 5/8 of the class is boys.

5/8 of 32
= (5/8) x 32
= 20 {multiplied}

There are 20 boys.

2/5 of the 20 boys wore red shirts.
= (2/5) x 20
= 8 {multiplied}

8 boys wore red shirts

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