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There are 24% of boys in a school. If the number of girls are 456, find the total number of students in the school.

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Answer:

600 students

Explanation:

100% - 24% = 76%

76% = 456

100%= x

76x = 456x100

x = 45600÷76

x= 600 students (total)

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Answer: 600

Explanation:

Since there are 24% of boys in a school , this means that the number of girls will be :

100% - 24 %

= 76%

That means there are 76% of girls in the school.

Let the total number of students in the school be x, this means that

24% of x = number of boys

76% of x = number of girls

Since the total number of girls is given to be 456 , then

76% of x = 456

0.76x = 456

x = 456/0.76

x = 600

That means there are 600 students all together in the school

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