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28-10-2022
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Last Thursday night, the nurse noted that there were 43 children in the ward. If 21% of them were girls, how many were boys?

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JenielW193531 JenielW193531

28-10-2022

We have to find the number of boys in the ward.

If 21% were girls, then 100-21 = 79% will have to be boys.

Then, if there are 43 children, we can calculate the number of boys as:

[tex]b=43*0.79\approx34[/tex]

Answer: 34 boys

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