document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=391224>Question 391224</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The school has ten classes with the same amount of students in each class.  One day the weather was really bad and many students were absent.  Five classes were half full, 3 classes were 3/4 full and 2 classes were 1/8 empty.  A total of 70 students were absent How may students are in this school when no students are absent </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #277664 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><B>ptaylor(2198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ptaylor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=277664\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x=number of students in each class<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then 10x=total number of students in school<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If 5 classes are half full then we have 5x/2 students absent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If 3 classes are 3/4 full that means that (1/4)*3x students are absent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If 2 classes are 1/8 empty that means that (1/8)*2x students are absent\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we are told that:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5x/2)+(1/4)*3x+(1/8)*2x=70 simplify<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5x/2)+(3x/4)+(x/4)=70  multiply each term by 4 and we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x+3x+x=280<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14x=280<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=20----------------------number of students in each class<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x=10*20=200--------------number of student in this school<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CK<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100/2 + 60/4 + 40/8=70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50+15+5=70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "70=70\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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