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18 January, 15:11

A class had 11 boys and 9 girls in it. What percent of the class are boys?

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  1. 18 January, 17:48
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    The percentage of boys in the class is 55%. This is because there are 20 people in the class, and 11/20 =.55, or 55%
  2. 18 January, 19:07
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    To solve this, put the number of boys into a fraction out of a whole, then Convert to a percentage; there are 11 boys out of 20 total students (11+9) so you could write a fraction 11/20. To become a percentage, it must be a fraction out of 100. To do this, take the denominator and find the Least Common Multiple of itself and 100, or you can find a number that multiplies by the denominator to get 100 (either way should get the same answer) ... LCM is 100, so multiply denominator, 20, by 5 to get 100, the. Multiply the numerator by 5 (anything done to the top must be done to the bottom) and you get 55/100. Percentages are fractions out of 100, so the answer is the numerator: 55%.

    Alternatively, you can set up a proportion of the fraction to a number out of 100.

    9/20=x/100

    Cross multiply to get 20x=900, then Divide to get 55
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