SOLUTION: thirty-five percent of the students at Ross Elementary are 7 years old or younger. If 175 students at Ross are 7 or younger, how many students in all are at Ross?

SOLUTION: thirty-five percent of the students at Ross Elementary are 7 years old or younger. If 175 students at Ross are 7 or younger, how many students in all are at Ross?

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Question 524060: thirty-five percent of the students at Ross Elementary are 7 years old or younger. If 175 students at Ross are 7 or younger, how many students in all are at Ross?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of students at R.E.
given:

There are 500 students at Ross
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