SOLUTION: If 2 out of 36 people have hamburgers for lunch, and there are 20 people in the cafeteria
having hamburgers for lunch, how many people are in the cafeteria?
Algebra.Com
Question 1062880: If 2 out of 36 people have hamburgers for lunch, and there are 20 people in the cafeteria
having hamburgers for lunch, how many people are in the cafeteria?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let n be the amount of people in the cafeteria. Then:
2/36=20/n
2n=720
n=360 people in the cafeteria. ☺☺☺☺
RELATED QUESTIONS
1.
Solve using a proportion.
If 2 out of 36 people have hamburgers for lunch, and... (answered by ikleyn)
1.
Solve using a proportion.
If 2 out of 36 people have hamburgers for lunch, and... (answered by ikleyn,MathTherapy)
Johnnie likes to buy slices of pizza in the cafeteria for lunch for $4.75. Amy
prefers... (answered by josgarithmetic,greenestamps)
solve.
a group of students takes their math teacher out for lunch. if five have... (answered by edjones)
At lunch, 7 people out of a group of 14 had hamburgers. What fraction names the... (answered by Nate)
if some one spent 40% of there lunch money on 2/5 hamburgers how much does he have left
(answered by josgarithmetic)
Business and finance. At lunch, 5 people out of a group of 9 had hamburgers.
What... (answered by kmcruz09)
In a fast-food restaurant, the ratio of people eating hamburgers to people eating chicken (answered by Fombitz)
A group of students takes their math teacher out for lunch. If five have hamburgers and... (answered by mananth,josmiceli)