Fractions of an Amount

There are 1100 students at a school.

$k\,$ students are girls, the rest are boys.

$110\displaystyle \frac{1}{10}$ of the girls are left handed.

$18\displaystyle \frac{1}{8}$ of the boys are left handed.

Work out the number of left handed students in the school in terms of $k$ .

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Fractions of an Amount

There are 1100 students at a school.

$k\,$ students are girls, the rest are boys.

$110\displaystyle \frac{1}{10}$ of the girls are left handed.

$18\displaystyle \frac{1}{8}$ of the boys are left handed.

Work out the number of left handed students in the school in terms of $k$ .

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