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The PCTM Puzzle of the Week - Solutions

Name: Chris Hanusa
Grade: 12
School: Taylor Allderdice High School

If 85% of the soldiers were killed, and this is 708 
soldiers, we can find out how many soldiers there were to 
begin with.

Call the starting amount x.
Then, .85*x=708.
This means that x= 832.9 (approx.)  This does not 
make sense, because you can not have .9 of a person (I don't 
know what you call a wounded soldier), so let's round to x=833.

If 85% died, that means that 15% survived. So, the 
total number of survivors is: .15*833= 124.9, which we round to 
125.

So, my answer is that 125 soldiers survived.

.85T=708
T=833
833-708=125
125 men survived

Name: Megan Painter
Grade: 6,7,8
School: Oil City Middle School

There were 125 soldiers that survived

Name: Judy
Grade: 8 & 9
School: PVMS

85% of x is 708   x = 833 (approx)
833 - 708 = 125

125 men survived the battle.

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