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How many student wear spectacles?

How many student wear spectacles?-example-1
User Rich Ashworth
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Answer:

12

Explanation:

This is a rather simple one is it not? We know that there are 40 students in the class and 30% wear spectacles. Your current answer (30/40) is wrong unfortunatly because it assumes that it is 30% of 100 as a percent is percentage of 100 (eg. 30% is 30/100).

Expression: 30%*40.

Converting the percent to a decimal (30/100), we get 0.3.

Then simple multiplication, 0.3*40 which is 12.

User Vesparun
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40 students = 100%
To calculate 30%
Step by step: 40x30/100=12
In conclusion, 12 students wear spectacles
User Camille Vienot
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