Out of 50 students in class, 28 are boys. The percentage of girls is ____%.

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Concept- The %age of girls in the class is 44%. The % calculation is generally expressed as follows: Percentage

. We must first determine the total number of girls in this scenario. This corresponds to the formula's "value." According to the formula, the total number of pupils is the "total value." These can be substituted in the calculation to obtain the necessary percentage.
Given,
Number of pupils in a class as a whole

.
Males in the class as a whole

.
Then, total number of girls in a class = total number of students - total number of boys.

That is, there are 22 girls in a class.
Now to determine how many girls are in a class. We know the formula,

Percentage of girls

Substituting we get,

We represent the percentage by

.
So, the percentage of girls in boys is 44 .
Hence, the correct answer is 44%

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