Question

forty percent of participants in a math contest were boys. fifty percent of the boys revived medals. the number of boys who received the medals was equal to the number of girls who received the medals. what percent of the participants were girls who received medal?​

Answer 1

20% of the participants are girls and got a medal, and 33% of the girls got a medal.

What percent of the participants were girls who received medal?​

First, we know that 40% of the participants were boys, so the other 60% were girls.

We know that 50% of the boys got a medal, so the percentage (in decimal form) of participants that are boys and got a medal is:

P = (0.4)*(0.5) = 0.2

So, 20% of the participants are boys and got a medal.

We know that the number of girls that got a medal is the same as the number of boys, then we also have that 20% of the participants are women who got a medal.

Then if the percentage of girls that got a medal is x (in decimal form), we must have that:

Q = (0.6)*(x) = 0.2

      x = 0.2/0.6 = 0.33

x = 0.33

This means that 33% of the girls got a medal.

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