Question

56 percent of the students in chorus is also in the musical. If there are 75 students in chorus, how many are in the musical?

Answer 1

`42` students are in the musical.

Explanation:

Let `x` be the number of students in both chorus and musical.

`75rArr100%`

`xrArr56%`

Find `x`,

`x=(56%)/(100%)xx75`
`color(white)(x)=42`