SOLUTION: The school band is comprised of middle school students and high school students, but it always has the same maximum capacity. Last year the ratio of the number of middle school st
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Question 1044867: The school band is comprised of middle school students and high school students, but it always has the same maximum capacity. Last year the ratio of the number of middle school students to the number of high school student was 1:8. However, this year the ratio of the number of middle school students to the number of high school students changed to 2:7. If there are 18 middle school students in the band this year, how many fewer high school students are in the band this year compared to last year? Explain.
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
18/2=9
9*7=63
total=72
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72/9=8
8*6=64 last year
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