Question

There are 28 students in Mr. Eliott's class and 20 passed the test. Mr. Bolhuis has 31 students and 27 passed the test. What percent of students did not pass?

Answer 1

`\approx 20.34%`

Explanation:

To find the percentage of students that did not pass, we simplify the following expression, perform long division to convert to a decimal and then multiply by 100:

`frac{(28-20) + (31-27)}{(28 + 31)}`

`frac{8 + 4}{59} = frac{12}{59} \approx .20339... \approx 20.34%`