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Sixty percent, or 12, of the students in Alex's class are going to the movies. 2/3, or 14, of the students in Mary's class are going to the movies. Which class has more students? Justify your answer using equations.

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Mary's class.

Step-by-step explanation:

One way to do this is to figure out how many students are in Alex's class and how many students are in Mary's class.

60% of Alex's class is 12 students

[tex]\frac{12*100}{60}[/tex]  = [tex]\frac{1200}{60}[/tex]= 20 students

[tex]\frac{2}{3}[/tex] or 66.66% (repeating) of Mary's class is 14 students

[tex]\frac{14*100}{66.66}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{1400}{66.66}[/tex] = 21 students

(^^66.66 repeating)

Mary's class has more students than Alex's class.

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