*There are 36 boys in Mr. Rodriguez's math class and they represent 60% of the class.
To determine how many students are in the math class, we can use the definition of percent which is represented by the following expression:
[tex]\text{Total}\cdot\frac{\text{percent}}{100}=\text{Equivalent number to the percent}[/tex]Since we know the equivalent number to the percent (36 boys) and the percent that it represents (60%), we can isolate the variable total:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Total}=\frac{36\cdot100}{60} \\ \text{Total}=60\text{ students} \end{gathered}[/tex]There are 60 students in Mr. Rodriguez's math class.
