SOLUTION: If there are 60 students for every 9 adults on school field trips, how many adults should there be for 80 students?
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Question 718973: If there are 60 students for every 9 adults on school field trips, how many adults should there be for 80 students?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If there are 60 students for every 9 adults on school field trips, how many adults should there be for 80 students?
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Use a proportion:
adults/students = adults/students
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a/80 = 9/60
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a = (80*9)/60
a = 12 (# of adults for 80 students)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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