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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the school cafeteria surveyed the student body and discovered that 13/15 of the students listed pizza as their favorite lunch. There was a total of 78 students that liked pizza best. how many students were in the student body? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How many students were in the student body?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Given:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13/15 of the student body like pizza as their favorite lunch.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "78 of the students liked pizza best.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "13/15 of the student body is 78.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the total number of the student body.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br>Translate the sentence to mathematical equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2813%2F15%29%2Ax+=+78 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2813%2F15%29%2Ax+=+78\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2813%2F15%29x+=+78 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2813%2F15%29x+=+78\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > >>>>> multiply the reciprocal of 13/15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2815%2F13%29%2813%2F15%29x+=+78%2815%2F13%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2815%2F13%29%2813%2F15%29x+=+78%2815%2F13%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight+%28x+=+90%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight+%28x+=+90%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  -----> There are 90 students in the student body.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<br>Checking:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13/15 of 90 = 78<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(13/15)90 = 78<BR>\n" );
document.write( "78 = 78 ------------->>True\r<BR>\n" );
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