SOLUTION: Please help. during the 2001-2002 school year, the average ratio of teachers to students in private elementary schools was approximately 1 to 14. if one such private school has 55

Question 888557: Please help.
during the 2001-2002 school year, the average ratio of teachers to students in private elementary schools was approximately 1 to 14. if one such private school has 554 students, how many teachers would be at the school if this ratio was valid for that school? round your answer to the nearest whole number.
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Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
With 1 teacher per 14 students, we need to divide 554 by 14 to determine number of teachers at the school
554 / 14 = 39.571428571
there are 40 teachers at the school

Answer by MathTherapy(10549) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Please help.
during the 2001-2002 school year, the average ratio of teachers to students in private elementary schools was approximately 1 to 14. if one such private school has 554 students, how many teachers would be at the school if this ratio was valid for that school? round your answer to the nearest whole number.
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, or 36.93333333 ≈ teachers
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