SOLUTION: In college there are 15 times as many students as professors. if together the students and professors number 40,000, how students are there in college?

Question 238711: In college there are 15 times as many students as professors. if together the students and professors number 40,000, how students are there in college?
Answer by College Student(505) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The problem tells us there are 15 times more students than professors, so we can say:
x = professors
15x = students
Now, their addition equals 40,000. So our equation would be:

Now solve for x to find out how many professors ther are.

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Now plug this figure in 15x to determine how many students there are.

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There are 2,500 professors and 37,500 students.
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