Question

Suppose eight out of every 20 students are absent from school less than five days a year predict how many students would be absent from school list the five days a year out of for 40,000 students

Answer 1

Number of student that will absent = 16000

Explanation:

Using direct proportion

8:20 = X:40000

X = (40000 x 8) ÷ 20 = 16000