Question

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In Ms. Perron’s class, 75% of the students are boys. There are 18 boys in the class. What is the total number of students in Ms. Perron’s class?

Answer 1

Given:

In Ms. Perron’s class, 75% of the students are boys. There are 18 boys in the class.

We need to determine the total number of students in Ms. Perron's class.

Total number of students:

Let n denote the total number of students in Ms. Perron's class.

Thus, we have;

$\frac{75}{100}n=18$

Multiplying both sides of the equation by $\frac{100}{75}$, we get;

$n=18\times \frac{100}{75}$

Simplifying, we get;

$n=\frac{1800}{75}$

$n=24$

Therefore, the total number of students in Ms. Perron's class are 24.