there are 27 children in Ms. kloot's class. when the flu was going around , about 26% of the students in the class were absent. how many students were sick?

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Answer:

About 8 children were sick

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of children in Ms. kloot's class is 27.

The percentage of students who were absent due to the flu 26.

Number of children who were sick

[tex] = \frac{26}{100} \times 27[/tex]

This simplifies to:

[tex] = 7.02[/tex]

Therefore about 8 children were sick