SOLUTION: 12 students earned a's. this was 3/8ths of the students in the class. How many students are in the class?

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Question 129542This question is from textbook saxon math 8/7
: 12 students earned a's. this was 3/8ths of the students in the class. How many students are in the class? This question is from textbook saxon math 8/7

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Make an equation. "of" means multiplication. 3/8 of (class)=12, so (3/8)x=12. Solve by multiplying by the reciprocal.
(8/3)(3/8)x=12(8/3)
x=4*8
x=32. There are 32 students in this class.
Check: If there are 32 students, that makes 8 groups of 4. So 3/8 is 3*4=12. Yay!