SOLUTION: of the 23 students in grade 9 math class, 15 are taking science this semester. if there are 420 grade 9 students in the school, using this ratio, how many would you expect to be ta

Question 1106463: of the 23 students in grade 9 math class, 15 are taking science this semester. if there are 420 grade 9 students in the school, using this ratio, how many would you expect to be taking science
Answer by ikleyn(52814) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Solve this proportion for x.

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