Question

In an examination, there were 1100 boys and 900 girls. 50% of the boys an 40% of the girls passed the examination. The percentage of candidates failed is

Answer 1

number of boys who passed

$1100 \times \frac{50}{100} = 550 \: boys \:$

number of girls who passed

$900 \times \frac{40}{100} = 360 \: girls$

therefore total number of student who passed are 910 students

and number of students in total are 2000

and number of students in total are 2000therefore student who failed are 2000 - 910 = 1090 students

show percentage of students who failed

$100 \times \frac{1090}{2000} =$

$54.5\% \: of \: students \: failed$

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Answer 2

Answer:

54.5% is the answer

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