SOLUTION: For every 210 highschool students there are 5880 people living in the community. If the community has 1325 high school students, how many people live in the community?

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Question 123520: For every 210 highschool students there are 5880 people living in the community. If the community has 1325 high school students, how many people live in the community?
Answer by rajagopalan(174)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The question boils down to:
210 highschool students .....5880 people in the community.
1325 high school students..... how many people live in the community?
Direct proportion:
(5880/210)x1325
=28x1325
=23850
Answer:
For 1325 high school students 37100 people live in the community
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