Question

Over the past week, 34 baby boys were born at the hospital. this was 54% of all babies born. how many girls were born over the past week? (enter numeric value only. if rounding is necessary, round to the nearest whole number.)

Answer 1

54% of the total babies is 34
0.54x = 34
x = 34 / 0.54
x = 62.96 total babies...rounded = 63 total babies

total babies - boy babies = girl babies
63 - 34 = g
29 = g <=== so there are 29 baby girls

Answer 2

29 baby girls

Explanation:

Over the past week, 34 baby boys were born at the hospital. this was 54% of all babies born.

Let total number of babies born past week be x

Number of baby boys = 54% of x

54% of x = 34

0.54x = 34

x = 63

Number of baby girls = 63 - Number of baby boys

= 63 - 34

= 29

Hence, The number of baby girls are 29