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Finding Percentage of a Number

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In an examination 72% of the total examinees passed . If the number of failure is 392. Find the total number of examinees.

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100% - 72% = 28%

392 is the 28% of Total examinies.

392 = 28 * x/100
x = 39200 / 28
x = 1400

Total exmainies are 1400

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