SOLUTION: Mrs. Morris has 84 dance students. If she has five times as many teenage students as adult students, how many adult students does she have?
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Question 98754: Mrs. Morris has 84 dance students. If she has five times as many teenage students as adult students, how many adult students does she have?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a=adult t=teens
t=5a
t+a=84
substitute 5a for t in the 2nd equation: 5a+a=84
6a=84
divide 6 into both sides: a=84/6=14 adults
Check:
14*5=70 teens
70+14=84
Ed
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