SOLUTION: In a school,25% of the teachers teach basic math.If there are 50 basic math teachers,how many teachers are there in school?

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Question 1176445: In a school,25% of the teachers teach basic math.If there are 50 basic math teachers,how many teachers are there in school?




Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathLover1:
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Four times as many as 50.


    I.e. 200.       ANSWER

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Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

% of the teachers teach basic math
there are teachers in school
% = and teachers teach basic math
so



answer: teachers are there in school

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