document.write( "Question 305607: One quarter of the students at a high school take algebra. one fifth of the students take geometry. the remaining 110 students do not take any math. how many students are there in the school? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #218809 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can only do this problem if you assume that there are no students who take both algebra and geometry at the same time. And you must assume that no one is taking trigonometry, analytic geometry, calculus, linear algebra, or any other mathematics subjects.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now: [All of the students] is equal to [One-fourth of the students] plus [One-fifth of the students] plus the number of students not taking math (110).\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "All you have to do now is solve for \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |