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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 8:57pm.

there are 20 male students taking a class, if 40% of the students are males then how many students are in the class?

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hw help - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 8:58pm
Let x = total students

0.4x = 20

x = 20/0.4
x = 50
hw help - bobpursley, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 8:59pm
what is N*.40=20
solve for N

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