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  • 02-08-2018
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A college has a student to teacher ratio of 25 to 2. If there are 176 teachers at the college, how many students attend the college?

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  • 02-08-2018

Hey!

You can make a proportion:

[tex] \frac{25}{2} = \frac{x}{176} [/tex]

Cross multiply

[tex] 176 \times 25 = 4,400 [/tex]

Divide by 2

[tex] 4,400 \div 2 = 2,200 [/tex]

[tex] \framebox{2,200 students attend the college} [/tex]

Good luck and hope this helps! :)

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