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On a particular Saturday, 60% of the visitors to an art museum were students. Iff 144 students visited the museum, how many total visitors did the art museum had Saturday?????????? Will be fan and rewarded a medal if solved.

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144 / 6 = 24
24 x 10 = 240

240
User Breavyn
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Let us assume totally there are x people.
We are given that 144 students went to the museum
This 144 is 60% of the total, x
thus,
60% of x =144
therefore x = 144 x 100/60 = 240
There are totally 240 visitors at the art museum on Saturday.
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