SOLUTION: There are 450 students who participate in extracurricular activities at school. This is 5/8 of the total number of students enrolled in the school. Write and solve an equation to f

Question 513379: There are 450 students who participate in extracurricular activities at school. This is 5/8 of the total number of students enrolled in the school. Write and solve an equation to find the number of students enrolled in the school.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of students in the school

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