There are 73 boys and 77 girls in the 6th grade at Wayfair Middle
School. On a Friday, 8 6th grade
boys and 4 6th grade girls were
absent. What percentage of 6th
graders were absent that Friday?

the answer is:

the answer is:

to solve the problem, we need to remember the quotient of power property, it's defined by the following relation:

if we have a quotienf of powers that have the same base, we need to keep the same base and subtract the exponent of the denominator power to the exponent of the numerator power.

so, we are given the expression:

then, calculating we have:

hence, the answer is:

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