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Question 944397: Please help me solve this problem? In a class of 115 students only 12 got an A . What percent of the class did not receive an A? Reduce to lowest terms
Found 3 solutions by amarjeeth123, stanbon, macston:
Answer by amarjeeth123(570)   (Show Source):
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In a class of 115 students only 12 got an A .
The number of students who did not get an A are 103.
Percent of the class who did not get an A is 103/115*100=89.57%

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
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Please help me solve this problem? In a class of 115 students only 12 got an A . What percent of the class did not receive an A? Reduce to lowest terms----
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# who did NOT get an A = 115-12 = 103
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Percent who did not get an A = 103/115 = 0.896 = 89.6%
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source):
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Of 115 students got an A, so (115-12)=103 did not get an A
112 is (112/115)(100%)= 97.4% of the class.
ANSWER If 12 of 115 students got an A, 97.4% did not get an A.
Reduce to lowest terms really makes no sense when speaking of a percentage, but the terms of 112/115 are co-prime, already in simplest terms.