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Problem
There are 
boys for every 
girls in Ms. Johnson's math class. If there are 
students in her class, what percent of them are boys?
Solution
Besides ensuring the situation is possible, the students information is irrelevant.
From the first statement, we can deduce that of every 
students are boys. Thus, 
of the students are boys.
See Also
| 1989 AJHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 8 |
Followed by Problem 10 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
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