20.6k views
2 votes
Three out of 7 students at the dance were boys if 140 students attended the dance how many were girls enter number of girls here ___

1 Answer

3 votes

Answer:

80

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that 3/7 people are boys. So, we know that 7/7-3/7, or 4/7 are girls.

We can find the total number of girls by multiplying that by 140.


(4)/(7)×140 is the same as
(4)/(1)×20. Multiply 4 by 20, and we get 80!

User Peter Cordes
by
4.6k points