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  • 02-12-2019
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In a school 40% are boys and 900 are girls. find the total number of students of the school and the number of boys

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  • 02-12-2019

Answer:

1500 students

600 boys

Step-by-step explanation:

40% are boys, so 60% are girls.

Writing a proportion:

900 / 60% = x / 100%

x = 1500

There are 1500 students in the school, which means there are 600 boys in the school.

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