suppose 8 out of every 20 students are absent from school less than five days a year. predict how many students would be absent from school less than fivce days a year out of 40,000 students

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Madison Salas

19 July, 11:18

suppose 8 out of every 20 students are absent from school less than five days a year. predict how many students would be absent from school less than fivce days a year out of 40,000 students

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Devyn Greer · Answer 1

40,000 divided by 20 equals 2,000. 8 times 2,000 equals 16,000 so 16,000 out of 40,000 students would be absent from school less than five days a year.