SOLUTION: The ratio of high school students who were homeschooled to those who attended other schools was three to seven. If there were 90 homeschoolers, what was the total number of high sc

Question 947036: The ratio of high school students who were homeschooled to those who attended other schools was three to seven. If there were 90 homeschoolers, what was the total number of high school students?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio of high school students who were homeschooled to those who attended other schools was three to seven. If there were 90 homeschoolers, what was the total number of high school students?
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3:7 is the same as 3x to 7x where 3x is the number of homeschooled.
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Equation:
3x = 90
x = 30
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# of high school students = 7x = 7*30 = 210
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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