Homework Help: math

Posted by summer on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 11:37am.

if 34 baby boys were born in a week and that was 54% how many girls were born in that week

math - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 12:14pm
0.54x = 34

x = 34/0.54

x = 62.96 = 63 total babies

63 - 34 = 29

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