There are 84 boys in the 6th grade class. If boys make up 30% of the 6th graders, how many students are in this whole 6th grade class?

There are students in the 6th grade class.

Work Shown:

x = number of students in the 6th grade class

30% = 30/100 = 0.30

30% of x = 0.30x this is equal to 84 since "30% of the 6th graders are boys (and there are 84 boys in sixth grade)", so we say 0.30x = 84

Divide both sides by 0.30 to isolate x

0.30x = 84

0.30x/0.30 = 84/0.30

x = 280

So there are 280 students overall in the 6th grade class.

5.6%

step-by-step explanation:

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and 4 to the third power is 64,