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  • 18-01-2018
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Of the members of a student choir, 60% are boys. If there are 21 boys in the choir, how many members does the choir have in total?

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Joe03
Joe03 Joe03
  • 18-01-2018
35 members

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zagreb zagreb
  • 17-08-2018

The total number of boys in the choir are 21.

This makes 60% of the total members in the choir.

Suppose the total members in the choir are x.

So 60% of x are boys

60% means 60/100 which is 0.6

Hence 0.6x are boys.

But as 60% of the member are boys are 21 boys

So 0.6x = 21

Dividing by 0.6 on both sides, we get

x= 21/0.6

x= 35 members.

Hence there is a total of 35 members in the choir.


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