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In an annual function, 504 children participated. The ratio of number of girls to the number of boys is 5 : 3 respectively. Out of the total girls, 20% participated in dance and the remaining girls participated in solo songs, group song and drama in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4 respectively. Two-thirds of the total boys participated in group song and the remaining boys participated in solo song and dance in the ratio of 4 : 5 respectively.

What is the approximate percentage of the boys who have participated in dance out of the total number of boys? 

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