A school has $240$ boys and $360$ girls. What percentage of the student body are boys?

35 %

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40 %

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45 %

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60 %

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65 %

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Solution

The correct option is D $40 %$
There are $240$ boys and $360$ girls.
Total number of students $= 240 + 360 = 600$
Therefore percentage of students that are boys $= \frac{240}{360} \times 100 = 40$ $%$ .

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