SOLUTION: All the students in the sixth grade either purchased their lunch or brought their lunch from home on Monday. • 24% of the students purchased their lunch. • 190 students b

Algebra ->  Proportions -> SOLUTION: All the students in the sixth grade either purchased their lunch or brought their lunch from home on Monday. • 24% of the students purchased their lunch. • 190 students b      Log On

From the condition, you have this equation


    (1-0.24)x = 190,   or

     0.76x    = 190


For the unknown number of all students x.


From the equation,  x =  = 250.      ANSWER