Answer:
The total number of children attending school was 39643
Step-by-step explanation:
Percentages
To calculate the percentage of a quantity X with respect to another quantity Y, we use the formula:
[tex]\displaystyle P=\frac{X }{Y}*100[/tex]
Where Y is the base or reference quantity. If we already know the percentage, but not the base quantity Y, we reverse the formula:
[tex]\displaystyle Y=\frac{X }{P}*100[/tex]
During 1964 the number of children eating lunches at school was 29336 per day. We know that quantity is 74% of the total number of children attending school.
We use the above formula to find the base quantity:
[tex]\displaystyle Y=\frac{29336 }{74}*100[/tex]
[tex]Y\approx 39643[/tex]
The result was rounded to the closest integer.
The total number of children attending school was 39643
