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In August 85% of the middle school students voted in a school election the number of students vote it was 544 how many students are in the middle school?
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In August 85% of the middle school students voted in a school election the number of students vote it was 544 how many students are in the middle school?

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544

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User Shivam Jha
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544 students voted. This is 85% of the total number of students.

I do this:

544/x = 85/100
Then I isolate x
x = 544/0.85
so x = 640
There are 640 students.



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