SOLUTION: At Roosevelt High School, 12% of the students belong to the Drama Club. There are 66 students in the Drama Club. How many students are in the school altogether? a) 550 b) 616

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Question 943837: At Roosevelt High School, 12% of the students belong to the Drama Club. There are 66 students in the Drama Club. How many students are in the school altogether?
a) 550
b) 616
c) 792
d) 8

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let be the number of the students in the school altogether
if % of the students belong to the Drama Club and there are students in the Drama Club, then %= of is equal to
so, we have




answer is: a)


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