SOLUTION: Eight times as many students passed the final exam as failed it. If there were 36 students who took the test how many passed the exam ?

Question 956731: Eight times as many students passed the final exam as failed it. If there were 36 students who took the test how many passed the exam ?
Answer by EdenWolf(517) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First set up an equation. Let x = the students that failed, and 8x = the students that passed.

So we know that 4 people failed the exam. Now, subtract 4 from 36.

Thus, 32 people passed the final exam.
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To check:
Is equal to ?

Correct.
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