Question 838064
Let C = total number of students in the class
Then we are given that 60% of C are female and that there are 16 females, so we have
(1) 60% of C = 16 or
(2) 0.60*C = 16 or
(3) C = 16/0.60 or
(4) C = 26.666..
You have a weird class of 26 and 2/3 students!