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of students at a school are boys. If there are 2420 students at the school, how many are girls?

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Answer: 968 girls in the school.

Explanation:

you just multiply 3/5 by 2420 and you get how many boys are in the school, 1452. then subtract 2420- 1452 and get 968. Hope this helped :)

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3/5 of students at a school are boys. If there are 2420 students at the school, how many are girls?


Answer:

968 girls

Explanation:

if 3/5 are boys 2/5 are girls (5 - 3/5 = 2/5)

so 2420 * 2/5 = 968 girls



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