document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1013973>Question 1013973</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There where 196 students that participated and I clean up event at a nearby lake is one fourth of the entire student population right and solve an equation to find the number of students at the school </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #630291 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=630291\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if 196 students equal 1/4 of the student population, then the number of the students in the school is 196 / (1/4) = 196 * (4/1) = 196 * 4 = 784.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you would solve this algebraically by doing the following.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x = number of students in the school.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since 1/4 of the student in the school is equal to 196, you get 1/4 * x = 196\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply both sides of this equation by 4 to get x = 196 * 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify by performing the multiplication to get x = 784\r<BR>\n" );
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