There are 60 students in a classroom, 50% of the students are
boys. 30% of the boys and 60% of the girls want to buy the
new textbook. How many students want to buy the new
textbooks?
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If 50% of students are boys that means there are 30 boys and 30 girls. Then if 30% of boys are 10 and 60% of girls are 18. You add 18+10 and that gives you 28.