document.write( "Question 411016: Attendance at a concert was 480. The ratio of adults to students was 5 to 3. How many adults attended? How many students attended \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Attendance at a concert was 480
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document.write( "Let x and (480-x) represent the number of adults and children respectively
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document.write( "Question states***Sets up the Proportion
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document.write( "     |cross multiplying to solve for x
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document.write( "Solving for x
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document.write( "   3x = 5(480-x)
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document.write( "   8x = 2400
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document.write( "     x = 300, # if adults attending.  The # of children was 180.  (480-120)\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( "  300/180 = 5/3 \n" );
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