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| Question 941540:  At the beginning of a class period, half of the students in a class go to the library. Later in the period, half of the remaining students go to the computer lab. If there are 8 students remaining in the class, how many students were originally in the class?
 Answer by stanbon(75887)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! At the beginning of a class period, half of the students in a class go to the library. Later in the period, half of the remaining students go to the computer lab. If there are 8 students remaining in the class, how many students were originally in the class? ---
 Start:: x students
 After half leave:: x/2 students
 After half leave:: x/4 students
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 Equation::
 x/4 = 8
 Ans: x = 32 students (original # in the class)
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 Cheers,
 Stan H.
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