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1. A hawker bought 750 eggs, 25of them were broken. Find the percentage of eggs that were broken.
The percentage of eggs broken was 25/750 x 100% =3.33%
2. 450 boys and 550 girls sat an examination, 80% of boys and 60% girls passed the examination. Find
a) the number of boys who failed the examination
450 x (1-0.8)=90 boys
explanation: There were 80% of boys passing the examination, which meaned 20% of them got passed.
(b) the number of girls who failed the examination;
550 x (1-0.6)=220girls
(c) the percentage of students who failed the examination.
The total number of students participating in the examination was 450+550=1000students, and there were 310 students (90boys and 220 girls) getting a fail in it. Therefore, the percentage of students who failed the examination was 310/1000 x 100%= 31%
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