document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=955015>Question 955015</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"a college advertises that a student to faculty ratio is 18 to 1. if 90 students register for introductory spanish, how many sections of the course would you expect to see offered\" </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #583363 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=583363\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> students to teacher ratio is equal to 18/1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you have 90 students, then the ratio will become 90/x = 18/1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x is the number of teachers required for 90 students.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since 90 is equal to 5 * 18, then, in order to keep the ratio the same, 1 has to also be multiplied by 5,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "90 / x = (18 * 5) / (1 * 5) = 90 / 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you need 5 teachers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "each teacher has 18 students.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 * 18 = 90 stduents are served.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 teach for each class is equal to 5 classes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 class is equal to 1 section.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you need 5 sections.\r<BR>\n" );
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