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The data in the table below shows the percent of bus riders in a survey of Central H.S. students; 300 males and 300 females in each grade were surveyed. For which grade is the number of its male bus riders closest to 135%135\% of the number of its female bus riders? \begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|}\hline Grade & Males & Females \\ \hline 9th9^{\mathrm{th}} grade & 41.1%41.1\% & 39.4%39.4\% \\ \hline 10th10^{\mathrm{th}} grade & 34.4%34.4\% & 33.1%33.1\% \\ \hline 11th11^{\mathrm{th}} grade & 20.6%20.6\% & 13.8%13.8\% \\ \hline 12th12^{\mathrm{th}} grade & 11.6%11.6\% & 8.6%8.6\% \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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The data in the table below shows the percent of bus riders in a survey of Central H.S. students; 300 males and 300 females in each grade were surveyed. For which grade is the number of its male bus riders closest to 135% of the number of its female bus riders? \begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|}\hline
Grade & Males & Females \\ \hline
9^(th) grade & 41.1% & 39.4% \\ \hline
10^(th) grade & 34.4% & 33.1% \\ \hline
11^(th) grade & 20.6% & 13.8% \\ \hline
12^(th) grade & 11.6% & 8.6% \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
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The data in the table below shows the percent of bus riders in a survey of Central H.S. students; 300 males and 300 females in each grade were surveyed. For which grade is the number of its male bus riders closest to $135\%$ of the number of its female bus riders? \begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|}\hline
Grade & Males & Females \\ \hline
$9^{\mathrm{th}}$ grade & $41.1\%$ & $39.4\%$ \\ \hline
$10^{\mathrm{th}}$ grade & $34.4\%$ & $33.1\%$ \\ \hline
$11^{\mathrm{th}}$ grade & $20.6\%$ & $13.8\%$ \\ \hline
$12^{\mathrm{th}}$ grade & $11.6\%$ & $8.6\%$ \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

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Prealgebra

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