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There are 250 students in 10th grade at Northgate HighSchool. All 10th graders must take French or Spanish, but notboth. If the ration of males to females in 10th grade is 2 to3, and 80 of the 100 French students are male, how many femalestudents take Spanish? plz help...i will rate soo very high..and i rate quickly There are 250 students in 10th grade at Northgate HighSchool. All 10th graders must take French or Spanish, but notboth. If the ration of males to females in 10th grade is 2 to3, and 80 of the 100 French students are male, how many femalestudents take Spanish? plz help...i will rate soo very high..and i rate quickly

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250 total

2 males for every 3 females = 2/5 = 4/10 = 40% males = 100males, so 60% females = 150 females.

100 total French students: 80 are males, leaving 20 seats forfemales. All other females must take Spanish.

150 – 20 = 130 female students inSpanish.

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