There are 180 girls in a kindergarten and the number of girls is 20% more than that of boys.

(a) Find the number of boys in the kindergarten. XX\1+90%) =180
(b) If 84% of the boys and 40% of the girls come from the mainland, find the percentage of mainland students in the kindergarten. 180X46% + aX84%
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(c) It is known that 10 boys and 20 girls have left the kindergarten (i Find the percentage of girls in the kindergarten.
. 80-10 X 100%
180
(ii) If now the number of boys is ×% less than that of girls, find the value of x.

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(a) Let's assume the number of boys in the kindergarten is x. According to the given information, the number of girls is 20% more than that of boys, which can be expressed as:

Number of girls = x + 20% of x = x + 0.2x = 1.2x

We are given that the total number of girls in the kindergarten is 180. So we can set up the equation:

1.2x = 180

Dividing both sides by 1.2:

x = 150

So the number of boys in the kindergarten is 150.

(b) We need to find the percentage of mainland students in the kindergarten. We know that 84% of the boys and 40% of the girls come from the mainland.

Number of boys from mainland = 84% of boys = 84/100 * 150 = 126
Number of girls from mainland = 40% of girls = 40/100 * 180 = 72

Total number of mainland students = 126 + 72 = 198

The percentage of mainland students in the kindergarten is:

198/180 * 100% = 110%

(c) (i) After 10 boys and 20 girls leave the kindergarten, the new number of girls in the kindergarten will be:

180 - 20 = 160

The percentage of girls in the kindergarten is:

160/180 * 100% = 88.89%

(ii) We are given that the number of boys is ×% less than that of girls. Let's assume the value of x is the percentage of boys less than girls.

Number of boys = 160 * (1 - x/100) (as the number of boys is ×% less than that of girls)
Number of girls = 160

From part (a), we know that the number of girls was 180 initially. Using the same logic, we get:

160 = (180 - 10) * (1 - x/100)
160 = 170 * (1 - x/100)
160/170 = 1 - x/100
0.9412 = 1 - x/100
x/100 = 1 - 0.9412
x/100 = 0.0588
x = 5.88

So the value of x is 5.88. Therefore, the number of boys is 5.88% less than that of girls.

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