The graph above shows the foreign languages studied by 500 students during the 1

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The graph above shows the foreign languages studied by 500 students during the 1996-1997 academic year. At the beginning of the 1997-1998 academic year, the number of students studying a foreign language increased by 20, and the same number of students studied Spanish, Latin, and German as did during the previous year. If the percentage of students who studied Japanese increased to 10% during the 1997-1998 academic year, how many students studied French that year? (Assume that no student studied more than one foreign language at a time.)

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number of student in 1997-1998 : 500*.2 + 500 = 600 100 - (20+10+10+40) = 20% studied French 600*.2 = 120 Students

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