Question

All the students in the sixth grade either have pets or do not have pets at home.88%of the students have pets.6 students do not have pets.How many students are in the sixth grade?​

Answer 1

There are 50 students in the sixth grade.

Explanation:

Given that 88% of students have pets which means that only 12% do not have pets. It says that only 6 students do not have pets so we can assume that 12% is equals to 6 students. We have to form an expression for the number of students.

Lets make x = total number of students,

`(12)/(100) * x = 6`

`x = 6 / (12)/(100)`

`x = 6 * (100)/(12)`

`x = 50 \: students`