document.write( "Question 260679: A school has 90 children. During the day, each child attends 4 classes. Each class
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document.write( "has 15 children and 1 teacher. During the day, each teacher teaches 3 classes. What is the smallest number of teachers the school can have? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #192025 by Theo(13342)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 90 students in the school. \n" ); document.write( "each student attends 4 classes. \n" ); document.write( "each class has 15 students and 1 teacher. \n" ); document.write( "each teacher teaches 3 classes. \n" ); document.write( "there is 1 teacher per class.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "since each class contains 15 students, then 90 / 15 = a minimum of 6 classes assuming each student only had 1 class.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "since each student has 4 classes, then they need 4 * 6 = a minimum of 24 classes to accommodate them.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "since each teacher teaches 3 classes, then they need a minimum of 24 / 3 = 8 teachers to teach those classes.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |