In a survey of teens, 42% said their friends do not like others talking during class when they are working on an assignment because it is distracting. How many teens out of 1,095 teens are able to ignore distractions by others?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-11T16:24:54

635 students are able to ignore distractions by others.

Since 45% are distracted by the talking, that means that 55% are able to ignore the distractions

58% of 1,095
#0.58 * 1095 = 635.1#

Since we are talking about people, the answer is 635 students.

Answer 2 · 2018-03-11T16:33:03

You have to work out #58%# of #1,095# (the number of teens able to ignore distractions).

Work out #42%# of #1,095#:

#40%= 40/100 * 1,095 = 438#

#2%= 2/100 * 1,095 = 21.9#

#438+21.9=459.9#

So

#1095-459.9=635.1#

teens, but because you can't have #.1# of a teen, you have to round it down to #635#.