SOLUTION: there are 450 students and 15 teachers in a school. The school hires 2 new teachers. To keep the student to teacher ratio the same, how many total students should attend the school

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Question 275044: there are 450 students and 15 teachers in a school. The school hires 2 new teachers. To keep the student to teacher ratio the same, how many total students should attend the school?
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there are 450 students and 15 teachers in a school.
The school hires 2 new teachers.
To keep the student to teacher ratio the same, how many total students should attend the school?
:
15%2F450 = 17%2Fx
15x = 450 * 17
15x = 7650
x = 7650%2F15
x = 510 total students to maintain the ratio