SOLUTION: thirty-five students went out for the team. this was five-eights of the students in the grade.
a. how many students in the grade?
b. what percent of the class went out for the t
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Question 1105598: thirty-five students went out for the team. this was five-eights of the students in the grade.
a. how many students in the grade?
b. what percent of the class went out for the team?
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a) let x be the number of students in the grade
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(5/8) * x = 35
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5x = 280
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x = 56
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there are 56 students in the grade
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b) 35/56 = 7/8 of the class went out for the team
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Note we assume grade and class are equivalent
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