SOLUTION: A school with 125 teachers and 4650 students wants to maintain a student-to-teacher ratio of 30:1. How many teachers do they need to hire in order to meet that ratio?

Question 280257: A school with 125 teachers and 4650 students wants to maintain a student-to-teacher ratio of 30:1. How many teachers do they need to hire in order to meet that ratio?
Found 2 solutions by courtney.dee, Alan3354:
Answer by courtney.dee(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the Answer would be 155
155*30 = 4650
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4650/30 = 155
155-125 = 30
They have to hire 30 additional teachers.

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