$12 %$ $12%$ of the student population in a school are left-handed. In a classroom of $25$ $25$ students, how many are left-handed and how many are right-handed?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-01T02:14:18

$12 %$ $12%$ or $\frac{3}{25}$ $3/25$ of the students are left-handed.

$88 %$ $88%$ or $\frac{22}{25}$ $22/25$ of the students are right-handed.

$12 % = \frac{12}{100}$ $12%=12/100$

Both $12$ $12$ and $100$ $100$ are divisible by $4$ $4$ . Simplify $\frac{12}{100}$ $12/100$ by dividing the numerator and denominator by $4$ $4$ .

$\frac{12 \div 4}{100 \div 4} =$ $(12-:4)/(100-:4)=$

$\frac{3}{25}$ $3/25$

$\frac{3}{25}$ $3/25$ of the students are left-handed.

The percentage of all students is $100 %$ $100%$ . The percentage of right-handed students is:

$100 % - 12 % = 88 %$ $100%-12%=88%$

$88 % = \frac{88}{100}$ $88%=88/100$

Simplify $\frac{88}{100}$ $88/100$ by dividing the numerator and denominator by $4$ $4$ .

$\frac{88 \div 4}{100 \div 4} =$ $(88-:4)/(100-:4)=$

$\frac{22}{25}$ $22/25$

$88 %$ $88%$ or $\frac{22}{25}$ $22/25$ students are right-handed. Therefore, the majority of students are right-handed.

Answer 2 · 2018-02-01T02:57:09

$= \frac{3}{25}$ $=3/25$

The left-handed students is given at 12%. This can be interpreted in fractional form as;
$\frac{12}{100}$ $12/100$
Find the factors of these numbers to reduce the fraction to its lowest form.
$12/100=(cancel((4))(3))/(cancel((4))(25))$
This mean that 3 out of 25 students are left-handed.
Therefore, 22 of these students are right-handed.

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