SOLUTION: A survey found that 6 out of 9 students in a district ride the bus. If there are 5,400 students in the district, what is a reasonable prediction for the number of students who wou

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Question 1114901: A survey found that 6 out of 9 students in a district ride the bus. If there are 5,400 students in the district, what is a reasonable prediction for the number of students who would ride the bus?
Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6/9 = 2/3
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(2/3) * 5400 = 3600
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out of 5400 students in the district, 3600 are predicted to ride the school buses
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