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challenger elementary school has 800 students. every Wednesday, 12% of the students stay after school for chess club. how many students attend chess club on Wednesdays?

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the answer to this question is 96 because 800/100 = 8 which is 1% of the 800 students. then times it by 12 to give you the answer
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Answer: 96

Explanation:

Given : Challenger elementary school has 800 students.

Every Wednesday, 12% of the students stay after school for chess club.

Then , the proportion of the students stay after school for chess club = 0.12

The number of the students stay after school for chess club is given by :-


800*0.12=96

Therefore , the number of the students stay after school for chess club is 96.

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