please help..: 225 students from a school of 600 attended a football game. what percentage of the school was not in attendance?
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given the statement:
225 students from a school of 600 attended a football game.
Determine the percentage of the school that was not included in the attendance.
Solution:
To do so, we first need to determine how many students did not attend by subtracting 225 to 600, then to determine the percentage, we divide the difference by 600.
= 600 - 275
= 325
= 325/600
= 0.5417
Since we are given a decimal answer, in order to convert it into percentage, we multiply the decimal by 100. Hence, in converting a percentage into decimal, we divide the percentage by 100.
= (0.5417)(100)
= 54.17%
Final answer:
54.17% of the school was not included in the attendance.